Koliganek leans Democratic by roughly 26 points: about 63% of voters vote Democratic and 37% 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 Koliganek typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Koliganek, ~40% vote Democratic, ~23% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Koliganek compares
Koliganek runs about 40 points more Democratic than Alaska as a whole. Alaska leans Republican overall, while Koliganek is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Koliganek. The east side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+27) and the southeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+13), a spread of about 14 points.
Why Koliganek 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 Koliganek, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 52% of adults in Koliganek have never been married, far above similar-sized cities (around 21%). Koliganek runs against the grain of Alaska, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Non-English at home and voter turnout
Places with a low non-English-at-home share tend to turn out at a higher rate; Koliganek, AK sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Koliganek looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Koliganek is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 43%, about 7 points below the Alaska average of 50%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- New Stuyahok, AK D+27
- Ekwok, AK D+27
- Aleknagik, AK D+27
- Wood River, AK D+12
- Dillingham, AK D+11
- Naknek, AK Even
- King Salmon, AK D+2
Cities with Similar Populations
- Agness, OR R+10
- Millersview, TX R+80
- Tobin Location, MI R+31
- Doniphan, KS R+62
- Norwood, MI R+21
- Thurber, TX R+77
- Thomasboro, GA R+43
- Havana, ND R+49
- Little Machias, ME R+21
- Selman City, TX R+65
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.