North Star leans heavily Democratic by roughly 32 points: about 66% of voters vote Democratic and 34% 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 51% of adults in North Star typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in North Star, ~34% vote Democratic, ~17% Republican, and ~49% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How North Star compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, North Star leans more Democratic than 11 of 15 neighbors.
North Star runs about 45 points more Democratic than Alaska as a whole. Alaska leans Republican overall, while North Star is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why North Star 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 North Star, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
North Star votes against the grain of Alaska. Alaska leans Republican overall, while North Star runs about 45 points more Democratic.
Population density and Democratic lean
Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; North Star, Anchorage, AK sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in North Star looks the way it does
High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, mostly because the housing stress common in those areas makes voting harder. North Star sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- South Addition, Anchorage, AK D+41
- Midtown, Anchorage, AK D+42
- Fairview, Anchorage, AK D+32
- Spenard, Anchorage, AK D+29
- Rogers Park, Anchorage, AK D+29
- Turnagain, Anchorage, AK D+30
- Airport Heights, Anchorage, AK D+36
- Campbell Park, Anchorage, AK D+31
- Taku-Campbell, Anchorage, AK D+21
- Mountain View, Anchorage, AK D+27
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Franklin South, Provo, UT R+10
- Dicken, Ann Arbor, MI D+71
- South East Lake, Birmingham, AL D+71
- Oakwood Gardens, St. Petersburg, FL D+16
- North Rosslyn, Arlington, VA D+57
- Knoxville, Pittsburgh, PA D+59
- Southwood, Jacksonville, FL R+11
- Richland Hills, Waco, TX D+16
- Lackawanna, Jacksonville, FL D+61
- Pineapple Park, West Palm Beach, FL R+10
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.