Napaskiak leans Democratic by roughly 18 points: about 59% of voters vote Democratic and 41% 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 60% of adults in Napaskiak typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Napaskiak, ~35% vote Democratic, ~25% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Napaskiak compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Napaskiak leans more Democratic than 1 of 7 neighbors.
Napaskiak runs about 32 points more Democratic than Alaska as a whole. Alaska leans Republican overall, while Napaskiak is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why Napaskiak 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 Napaskiak, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 52% of adults in Napaskiak have never been married, well above similar-sized cities (around 25%). Napaskiak 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; Napaskiak, 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 Napaskiak looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Napaskiak 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 Napaskiak report food insecurity, in the top fraction of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 68% of adults in Napaskiak have completed high school, below 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Bethel, AK D+13
- Napakiak, AK D+19
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- Kwethluk, AK D+21
- Akiachak, AK D+21
- Akiak, AK D+21
- Nunapitchuk, AK D+23
- Kasigluk, AK D+23
- Eek, AK D+19
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- Irwin, OH R+58
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- Russellville, SC R+33
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- Elmwood Park, WI D+13
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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.