Rabbit Creek, Anchorage, AK Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Rabbit Creek

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

Rabbit Creek leans slightly Democratic by roughly 14 points: about 57% of voters vote Democratic and 43% 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 94% of adults in Rabbit Creek typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rabbit Creek, ~54% vote Democratic, ~40% Republican, and ~6% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Rabbit Creek compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Rabbit Creek is the least Democratic-leaning.

Rabbit Creek runs about 26 points more Democratic than Alaska as a whole. Alaska leans Republican overall, while Rabbit Creek is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Why Rabbit Creek 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 Rabbit Creek, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 66% of adults in Rabbit Creek hold a bachelor's degree, about 38 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Rabbit Creek runs against the grain of Alaska, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Homeownership and voter turnout

Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Rabbit Creek, Anchorage, AK sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Rabbit Creek looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Rabbit Creek is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 74%, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 97% of households in Rabbit Creek own their home, compared to around 74% in nearby neighborhoods. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Rabbit Creek have completed high school, above 81% of neighborhoods. 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.