99726 leans Democratic by roughly 20 points: about 60% of voters vote Democratic and 40% Republican. These figures are model estimates: Alaska did not have precinct-level voting records available for training, so the numbers above come from demographic and health features rather than local ground truth.
About 42% of adults in 99726 typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in 99726, ~25% vote Democratic, ~17% Republican, and ~58% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How 99726 compares
99726 runs about 32 points more Democratic than Alaska as a whole. Alaska leans Republican overall, while 99726 is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why 99726 leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per zip code to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for 99726, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 68% of adults in 99726 have never been married, far above similar-sized zip codes (around 31%). 99726 runs against the grain of Alaska, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; 99726, AK sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in 99726 looks the way it does
Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 23% of adults in 99726 report food insecurity, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 16%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 42% of households in 99726 rent, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 25%. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and 99726 sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Alaska Division of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. AK did not have precinct-level voting records available for training, so the figures here come from extrapolation across demographic, health, and land-use features rather than local ground truth. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.