Nome Census Area, AK Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Nome Census Area

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

Nome Census Area 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 59% of adults in Nome Census Area typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Nome Census Area, ~37% vote Democratic, ~22% Republican, and ~41% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Nome Census Area compares

Nome Census Area runs about 36 points more Democratic than Alaska as a whole. Alaska leans Republican overall, while Nome Census Area is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by city within Nome Census Area. The east side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+33) and the south side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+6), a spread of about 27 points.

Why Nome Census Area leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per county to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Nome Census Area, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 52% of adults in Nome Census Area have never been married, well above similar-sized counties (around 28%). Nome Census Area runs against the grain of Alaska, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Nome Census Area, AK sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Nome Census Area looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Nome Census Area 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 6 points below the Alaska average of 50%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 34% of adults in Nome Census Area report food insecurity, above 98% of counties. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Nome Census Area sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. 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.