Hoonah-Angoon Census Area is a true toss-up. About 50% of voters here vote Democratic and 50% 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 63% of adults in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, ~32% vote Democratic, ~32% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Hoonah-Angoon Census Area compares
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area runs about 14 points more Democratic than Alaska as a whole. Alaska leans Republican overall, while Hoonah-Angoon Census Area sits closer to the political middle.
Politics vary noticeably by city within Hoonah-Angoon Census Area. The northeast side runs the most Democratic (D+15) and the northwest side runs the most Republican (R+18), a spread of about 33 points.
Why Hoonah-Angoon Census Area leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per county to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area votes against the grain of Alaska. Alaska leans Republican overall, while Hoonah-Angoon Census Area runs about 14 points more Democratic.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 94% of adults in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area have completed high school, above 86% of counties. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Counties
- Juneau City and Borough, AK D+22
- Sitka City and Borough, AK D+13
- Haines Borough, AK R+17
- Skagway Municipality, AK R+23
- Petersburg Census Area, AK R+4
- Wrangell City and Borough, AK R+8
- Yakutat City and Borough, AK Even
- Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AK R+18
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK R+3
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK R+39
Counties with Similar Populations
- Webster County, GA R+16
- Eddy County, ND R+46
- Kidder County, ND R+61
- Sanborn County, SD R+59
- Dolores County, CO R+45
- Sedgwick County, CO R+50
- McPherson County, SD R+66
- Ziebach County, SD D+12
- Graham County, KS R+65
- Griggs County, ND R+52
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.