- Lead
- 823
- Total
- 6,855
- vs nation
- D+13.5
North Dakota 44th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,105
- Total
- 7,369
- vs nation
- D+10.5
- Lead
- 292
- Total
- 8,217
- vs nation
- D+1.5
- Lead
- 988
- Total
- 7,571
- vs nation
- D+9.2
- Lead
- 1,670
- Total
- 7,407
- vs nation
- D+15.3
- Lead
- 345
- Total
- 6,574
- vs nation
- R+2.8
- Lead
- 357
- Total
- 5,884
- vs nation
- R+6.6
- Lead
- 495
- Total
- 5,149
- vs nation
- D+1.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+12.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 17,1072024 5-year
- Population density
- 5,346 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 3.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $50,9642024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+35.0 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67.7 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 10, ND · twin score 94.8
presidential history
Party record book
North Dakota 44th 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. Roosevelt1936
63.1%
1,480 votes · D+35.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 61.9%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
81.1%
356 votes · R+67.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 69.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
4,436votes
59.9% of the vote · D+22.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 4,118 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2016
3,392votes
41.3% of the vote · D+3.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 3,385 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
George McGovern1972
+18.1pts D vs U.S.
Place R+5.1 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · +15.3 pts
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
+48.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+67.7 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Benjamin Harrison, 1892 · +47.5 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 D+12, this district stands out sharply in a state that tilts heavily Republican statewide, suggesting a concentrated urban or Native American population base driving the divergence.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 67.7 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.0 points.
A population of 17,107, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,964 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 10 and State Senate District 43.
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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