Dry Creek leans Republican by roughly 20 points: about 40% of voters vote Democratic and 60% 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 Dry Creek typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Dry Creek, ~27% vote Democratic, ~41% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Dry Creek compares
Dry Creek runs about 7 points more Republican than Alaska as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Dry Creek. The northeast side runs the most Democratic (D+27) and the east side runs the most Republican (R+46), a spread of about 73 points.
Why Dry Creek 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 Dry Creek, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 12% of adults in Dry Creek hold a bachelor's degree, about 8 points below the Alaska average of 20%.
Population density, never-married share, and Republican lean
Places that combine low population density and a never-married-heavy adult population tend to lean Republican, as Dry Creek, AK does.
Why turnout in Dry Creek looks the way it does
Turnout in Dry Creek 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
- Dot Lake, AK R+17
- Fort Greely, AK R+43
- Delta Junction, AK R+43
- Deltana, AK R+43
- Tanacross, AK R+9
- Tok, AK R+38
- Harding-Birch Lakes, AK R+24
- Slana, AK R+27
Cities with Similar Populations
- Youngstown, IL R+48
- Sealy Springs, AL R+69
- Hardin Heights, FL D+49
- Saco, AL R+32
- Long Valley Junction, UT R+52
- Mount Jefferson, AL R+24
- Los Hueros, NM D+10
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.