Mountain View, Anchorage, AK Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Mountain View

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

Mountain View 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 39% of adults in Mountain View typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mountain View, ~24% vote Democratic, ~14% Republican, and ~62% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Mountain View compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Mountain View leans more Democratic than 3 of 12 neighbors.

Mountain View runs about 40 points more Democratic than Alaska as a whole. Alaska leans Republican overall, while Mountain View is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Why Mountain View 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 Mountain View, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Mountain View votes against the grain of Alaska. Alaska leans Republican overall, while Mountain View runs about 40 points more Democratic. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 48% of adults in Mountain View have never been married, above 79% of neighborhoods.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Mountain View, Anchorage, AK sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Mountain View looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Mountain View 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 38%, about 12 points below the Alaska average of 50%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 71% of households in Mountain View rent, compared to around 44% in nearby neighborhoods. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 38% of adults in Mountain View report food insecurity, above 92% of neighborhoods. 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.