Anaktuvuk Pass leans slightly Democratic by roughly 14 points: about 57% of voters vote Democratic and 43% 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 55% of adults in Anaktuvuk Pass typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Anaktuvuk Pass, ~32% vote Democratic, ~24% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Anaktuvuk Pass compares
Anaktuvuk Pass runs about 27 points more Democratic than Alaska as a whole. Alaska leans Republican overall, while Anaktuvuk Pass is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why Anaktuvuk Pass leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Anaktuvuk Pass, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 59% of adults in Anaktuvuk Pass have never been married, far above similar-sized cities (around 22%). Anaktuvuk Pass runs against the grain of Alaska, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with renter-heavy households tend to turn out at a lower rate; Anaktuvuk Pass, AK sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Anaktuvuk Pass looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Anaktuvuk Pass 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 42%, about 8 points below the Alaska average of 50%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 46% of households in Anaktuvuk Pass rent, compared to around 26% in nearby cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 34% of adults in Anaktuvuk Pass report food insecurity, above 97% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Allakaket, AK D+33
- Prudhoe Bay, AK R+13
- Nuiqsut, AK D+2
- Arctic Village, AK D+26
- Kobuk, AK D+19
- Venetie, AK D+26
Cities with Similar Populations
- Pawnee Rock, KS R+63
- Fairfax, OH R+67
- Springstead, WI R+29
- Schley, GA R+64
- Bevinsville, KY R+59
- Newburg, IA R+33
- Long Lake, WI R+51
- Dellrose, TN R+70
- Kenansville, FL R+71
- Catahoula, LA R+77
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.