- Lead
- 2,450
- Total
- 7,126
- vs nation
- R+32.9
North Dakota 4th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,250
- Total
- 7,378
- vs nation
- R+35.0
- Lead
- 2,010
- Total
- 7,190
- vs nation
- R+30.0
- Lead
- 643
- Total
- 6,691
- vs nation
- R+13.5
- Lead
- 249
- Total
- 6,444
- vs nation
- R+3.4
- Lead
- 431
- Total
- 6,378
- vs nation
- R+4.3
- Lead
- 403
- Total
- 5,765
- vs nation
- R+7.5
- Lead
- 850
- Total
- 5,768
- vs nation
- D+6.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+34.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 16,4692024 5-year
- Population density
- 4.3 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 3,862 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $73,2792024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 55.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+68.9 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+76.5 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 20, ND · twin score 89.8
presidential history
Party record book
North Dakota 4th State Senate District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
83.4%
7,363 votes · D+68.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 74.7%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
87.4%
1,016 votes · R+76.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1900 · 76.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
7,363votes
83.4% of the vote · D+68.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 6,813 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
4,743votes
64.3% of the vote · R+30.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 4,721 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
+51.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+68.9 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · +47.5 pts
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
+56.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+76.5 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1900 · +46.5 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+34.4, this district consistently ranks among the state's most one-sided, reflecting the rural, agrarian character common to western North Dakota's sparse but politically cohesive communities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 68.9 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 76.5 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.4 points.
A population of 16,469, a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,279 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 20 and State Senate District 31.
The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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