Mountain Village leans Democratic by roughly 24 points: about 62% of voters vote Democratic and 38% 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 55% of adults in Mountain Village typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mountain Village, ~34% vote Democratic, ~21% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mountain Village compares
Mountain Village sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable cities nearby.
Mountain Village runs about 37 points more Democratic than Alaska as a whole. Alaska leans Republican overall, while Mountain Village is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why Mountain Village 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 Mountain Village, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 59% of adults in Mountain Village have never been married, far above similar-sized cities (around 25%). Mountain Village runs against the grain of Alaska, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Food insecurity and voter turnout
Places with high food insecurity tend to turn out at a lower rate; Mountain Village, AK sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.
Why turnout in Mountain Village looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Mountain Village 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 31%, about 19 points below the Alaska average of 50%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 47% of adults in Mountain Village report food insecurity, in the top fraction of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Mountain Village sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Pitkas Point, AK D+23
- St. Marys, AK D+23
- Pilot Station, AK D+23
- Nunam Iqua, AK D+21
- Alakanuk, AK D+21
- Emmonak, AK D+21
- Marshall, AK D+17
- Scammon Bay, AK D+22
- Kotlik, AK D+21
- Chevak, AK D+22
Cities with Similar Populations
- Rarden, OH R+63
- Bowmore, NC D+24
- Waco, NC R+46
- White Lake, SD R+59
- Cuttingsville, VT D+5
- Currie, MN R+46
- Fruitland, FL R+56
- Carlisle, TN R+67
- Mifflin, OH R+58
- Vallecito, CA R+15
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.