Chiniak leans heavily Republican by roughly 30 points: about 35% of voters vote Democratic and 65% 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 56% of adults in Chiniak typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Chiniak, ~20% vote Democratic, ~36% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Chiniak compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Chiniak is the most Republican-leaning.
Chiniak runs about 17 points more Republican than Alaska as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Chiniak. The north side is the most Republican-leaning (R+38) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+25), a spread of about 13 points.
Why Chiniak 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 Chiniak, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 87% of households in Chiniak are family households, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with renter-heavy households tend to turn out at a lower rate; Chiniak, AK sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Chiniak looks the way it does
Renters vote less often than owners. About 43% of households in Chiniak rent, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 25%. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 6% of homes in Chiniak have more than one occupant per room, above 92% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Kodiak, AK R+17
- Ouzinkie, AK R+12
- Port Lions, AK D+4
- Old Harbor, AK D+17
- Port Graham, AK D+9
- Seldovia, AK D+9
Cities with Similar Populations
- Easton, MN R+45
- Fields, NC R+27
- Perryville, TN R+74
- Stratford, NH R+37
- Ducor, CA R+31
- Creston, LA R+85
- Dimock, SD R+71
- Silerton, TN R+71
- Kaycee, WY R+84
- Keene Valley, NY D+35
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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.