Anderson leans heavily Republican by roughly 32 points: about 34% of voters vote Democratic and 66% 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 85% of adults in Anderson typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Anderson, ~29% vote Democratic, ~56% Republican, and ~15% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Anderson compares
Anderson sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable cities nearby.
Anderson runs about 19 points more Republican than Alaska as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Anderson. The south side is the most Republican-leaning (R+39) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+19), a spread of about 19 points.
Why Anderson leans the way it does
Density, race composition, education, and family structure all sit close to their national averages in Anderson. None of them point strongly toward either party.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Anderson, AK sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Anderson looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 97% of adults in Anderson have completed high school, about 8 points above the Alaska average of 89%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Clear, AK R+37
- Nenana, AK R+18
- Usibelli, AK R+36
- Healy, AK R+36
- Denali National Park, AK R+36
- Ester, AK D+21
- McKinley Park, AK R+36
- College, AK Even
- Fairbanks, AK D+5
- South Van Horn, AK R+19
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lake Bruce, IN R+56
- Frogville, OK R+77
- Posey, CA R+44
- Keo, AR R+48
- Garden Plain, IL R+43
- Carmel, OH R+68
- Fuget, KY R+73
- Tollette, AR D+8
- Ridgeville, PA R+37
- Steele Center, MN R+47
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.