Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Fairbanks North Star Borough

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

Fairbanks North Star Borough leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% 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 64% of adults in Fairbanks North Star Borough typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fairbanks North Star Borough, ~29% vote Democratic, ~35% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Fairbanks North Star Borough compares

Politically, Fairbanks North Star Borough sits close to the rest of Alaska.

Politics vary noticeably by city within Fairbanks North Star Borough. The northwest side runs the most Democratic (D+8) and the south side runs the most Republican (R+36), a spread of about 44 points.

Why Fairbanks North Star Borough leans the way it does

Density, race composition, education, and family structure all sit close to their national averages in Fairbanks North Star Borough. None of them point strongly toward either party.

High-school completion and voter turnout

Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Fairbanks North Star Borough looks the way it does

Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 95% of adults in Fairbanks North Star Borough have completed high school, about 6 points above the Alaska average of 89%. 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.