Dillingham Census Area 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 65% of adults in Dillingham Census Area typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Dillingham Census Area, ~39% vote Democratic, ~26% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Dillingham Census Area compares
Dillingham Census Area runs about 32 points more Democratic than Alaska as a whole. Alaska leans Republican overall, while Dillingham Census Area is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by city within Dillingham Census Area. The north side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+27) and the east side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+11), a spread of about 16 points.
Why Dillingham Census Area 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 Dillingham Census Area, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 50% of adults in Dillingham Census Area have never been married, well above similar-sized counties (around 26%). Dillingham Census Area runs against the grain of Alaska, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Non-English at home and voter turnout
Places with a low non-English-at-home share tend to turn out at a higher rate; Dillingham Census Area, AK sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Dillingham Census Area looks the way it does
Turnout in Dillingham Census Area sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Counties
- Bristol Bay Borough, AK Even
- Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK D+13
- Bethel Census Area, AK D+18
- Kodiak Island Borough, AK R+16
- Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK R+27
- Anchorage Municipality, AK D+20
- Aleutians East Borough, AK D+6
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK R+33
- Nome Census Area, AK D+23
- Aleutians West Census Area, AK Even
Counties with Similar Populations
- Ouray County, CO D+13
- Jim Hogg County, TX R+2
- Carlisle County, KY R+69
- Craig County, VA R+64
- Washington County, CO R+70
- Rooks County, KS R+66
- Gallatin County, IL R+60
- Scott County, IL R+64
- Toole County, MT R+43
- Calhoun County, AR R+61
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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.