Dot Lake leans Republican by roughly 16 points: about 42% of voters vote Democratic and 58% 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 68% of adults in Dot Lake typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Dot Lake, ~28% vote Democratic, ~39% Republican, and ~33% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Dot Lake compares
Politically, Dot Lake sits close to the rest of Alaska.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Dot Lake. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+46) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+9), a spread of about 37 points.
Why Dot Lake 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 Dot Lake, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 10% of adults in Dot Lake hold a bachelor's degree, about 10 points below the Alaska average of 20%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Dot Lake, AK sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Dot Lake looks the way it does
Turnout in Dot Lake 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 Cities
- Dry Creek, AK R+20
- Tanacross, AK R+9
- Tok, AK R+38
- Fort Greely, AK R+43
- Delta Junction, AK R+43
- Deltana, AK R+43
- Slana, AK R+27
- Gakona, AK R+27
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lucerne, WV R+64
- Luning, NV R+14
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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.