Mid-Hillside, Anchorage, AK Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Mid-Hillside

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

Mid-Hillside leans Democratic by roughly 20 points: about 60% of voters vote Democratic and 40% 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 92% of adults in Mid-Hillside typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mid-Hillside, ~55% vote Democratic, ~37% Republican, and ~8% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Mid-Hillside compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Mid-Hillside leans more Democratic than 3 of 9 neighbors.

Mid-Hillside runs about 33 points more Democratic than Alaska as a whole. Alaska leans Republican overall, while Mid-Hillside is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Mid-Hillside. The west side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+25) and the southwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+11), a spread of about 14 points.

Why Mid-Hillside 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 Mid-Hillside, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 67% of adults in Mid-Hillside hold a bachelor's degree, about 39 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Mid-Hillside runs against the grain of Alaska, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Mid-Hillside, Anchorage, AK sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Mid-Hillside looks the way it does

Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 93% of households in Mid-Hillside own their home, about 25 points above the Alaska average of 68%. 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.