- Lead
- 3,215
- Total
- 4,670
- vs nation
- R+67.4
North Dakota 23rd State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,209
- Total
- 4,839
- vs nation
- R+70.8
- Lead
- 2,651
- Total
- 4,018
- vs nation
- R+68.1
- Lead
- 1,572
- Total
- 3,038
- vs nation
- R+55.6
- Lead
- 1,074
- Total
- 2,926
- vs nation
- R+44.0
- Lead
- 1,221
- Total
- 2,767
- vs nation
- R+41.7
- Lead
- 950
- Total
- 2,432
- vs nation
- R+39.6
- Lead
- 227
- Total
- 2,472
- vs nation
- R+17.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+68.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 16,2992024 5-year
- Population density
- 86 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 189 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $81,3752024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 67.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 13.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+48.1 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+68.8 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 2, ND · twin score 94.7
presidential history
Party record book
North Dakota 23rd 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
67.0%
1,441 votes · D+44.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 62.6%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
83.4%
3,895 votes · R+68.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 81.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
1,596votes
61.8% of the vote · D+24.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 1,456 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
3,950votes
81.6% of the vote · R+66.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 3,895 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
+27.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+44.9 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · +23.8 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+70.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+66.3 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +68.1 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.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | R | 13.9%767 | 86.1%4,753 | 5,520 |
| 2018 | R | 19.8%855 | 80.2%3,458 | 4,313 |
North Dakota 23rd State Senate District sits in the Northern Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 48.1 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 68.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 68.8 points.
A population of 16,299, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,375 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 2 and State Senate District 38.
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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