Eielson Afb leans Republican by roughly 18 points: about 41% of voters vote Democratic and 59% 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 40% of adults in Eielson Afb typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Eielson Afb, ~16% vote Democratic, ~24% Republican, and ~60% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Eielson Afb compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Eielson Afb leans more Republican than 3 of 11 neighbors.
Eielson Afb runs about 5 points more Republican than Alaska as a whole.
Why Eielson Afb 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 Eielson Afb, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 82% of households in Eielson Afb are family households, about 15 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; Eielson Afb, AK sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Eielson Afb looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Eielson Afb is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 80% of households in Eielson Afb rent, compared to around 23% in nearby cities. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 8% of homes in Eielson Afb have more than one occupant per room, above 95% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- North Pole, AK R+17
- Salcha, AK R+24
- Badger, AK R+25
- Pleasant Valley, AK R+23
- Two Rivers, AK R+24
- Harding-Birch Lakes, AK R+24
- Fort Wainwright, AK R+22
- South Van Horn, AK R+19
- Steele Creek, AK R+27
- Farmers Loop, AK R+18
Cities with Similar Populations
- Polo, IL R+30
- Lakeside-Marblehead, OH R+26
- Sands Point, NY D+14
- Marathon, NY R+45
- Hinton, WV R+41
- Wolfe City, TX R+64
- Carrabelle, FL R+48
- Malad City, ID R+73
- Colfax, IA R+31
- Julian, NC R+51
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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.