Eagle River Valley, Eagle River, AK Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Eagle River Valley

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Eagle River Valley leans slightly Democratic by roughly 14 points: about 57% of voters vote Democratic and 43% 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 83% of adults in Eagle River Valley typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Eagle River Valley, ~47% vote Democratic, ~36% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Eagle River Valley compares

Eagle River Valley runs about 28 points more Democratic than Alaska as a whole. Alaska leans Republican overall, while Eagle River Valley is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Eagle River Valley. The west side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+20) and the northeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+8), a spread of about 11 points.

Why Eagle River Valley leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Eagle River Valley, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 59% of adults in Eagle River Valley hold a bachelor's degree, about 31 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Eagle River Valley runs against the grain of Alaska, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Homeownership and voter turnout

Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Eagle River Valley, Eagle River, AK sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Eagle River Valley looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Eagle River Valley is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 72%, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 93% of households in Eagle River Valley own their home, compared to around 58% in nearby neighborhoods. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 99% of adults in Eagle River Valley have completed high school, above 88% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.