Port Alexander leans slightly Republican by roughly 14 points: about 43% of voters vote Democratic and 57% 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 71% of adults in Port Alexander typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Port Alexander, ~31% vote Democratic, ~40% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Port Alexander compares
Politically, Port Alexander sits close to the rest of Alaska.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Port Alexander. The southwest side is the most split-leaning (R+22) and the northwest side is the least split-leaning (R+2), a spread of about 20 points.
Why Port Alexander 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 Port Alexander, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 9% of adults in Port Alexander hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the Alaska average of 20%.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Port Alexander, AK sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Port Alexander looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 97% of adults in Port Alexander have completed high school, about 7 points above the Alaska average of 89%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Sitka, AK D+14
- Kake, AK R+22
- Scow Bay, AK R+15
- Coffman Cove, AK R+22
- Angoon, AK D+15
- Naukati Bay, AK R+22
- Petersburg, AK R+4
- Klawock, AK R+13
- Wrangell, AK R+8
Cities with Similar Populations
- Doyon, ND R+47
- East Stanwood, WA R+23
- Excelsior, WI R+27
- Fairmount, MD R+37
- Devault, PA D+17
- Fentress, MS R+34
- El Ancon, NM D+8
- Felton, AR D+7
- Garden City, LA Even
- Glen Cove, WA D+58
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.