Aleutians East Borough, AK Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Aleutians East Borough

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Aleutians East Borough leans slightly Democratic by roughly 6 points: about 53% of voters vote Democratic and 47% 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 47% of adults in Aleutians East Borough typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Aleutians East Borough, ~25% vote Democratic, ~22% Republican, and ~53% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Aleutians East Borough compares

Aleutians East Borough runs about 19 points more Democratic than Alaska as a whole. Alaska leans Republican overall, while Aleutians East Borough is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Why Aleutians East Borough leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per county to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Aleutians East Borough, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 45% of adults in Aleutians East Borough have never been married, well above similar-sized counties (around 27%). Aleutians East Borough runs against the grain of Alaska, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Aleutians East Borough, AK sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Aleutians East Borough looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Aleutians East Borough is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 45%, about 15 points below the U.S. average of 60%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 49% of households in Aleutians East Borough rent, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 25%. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Aleutians East Borough sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.