Sand Lake leans Democratic by roughly 20 points: about 60% of voters vote Democratic and 40% 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 66% of adults in Sand Lake typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sand Lake, ~40% vote Democratic, ~26% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sand Lake compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Sand Lake is the least Democratic-leaning.
Sand Lake runs about 32 points more Democratic than Alaska as a whole. Alaska leans Republican overall, while Sand Lake is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why Sand Lake 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 Sand Lake, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Sand Lake votes against the grain of Alaska. Alaska leans Republican overall, while Sand Lake runs about 32 points more Democratic.
Population density and Democratic lean
Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Sand Lake, Anchorage, AK sits near the national average on this measure.
Why turnout in Sand Lake looks the way it does
Turnout in Sand Lake sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Bayshore-Klatt, Anchorage, AK D+21
- Taku-Campbell, Anchorage, AK D+21
- Spenard, Anchorage, AK D+29
- Turnagain, Anchorage, AK D+30
- Midtown, Anchorage, AK D+42
- Abbott Loop, Anchorage, AK D+19
- Campbell Park, Anchorage, AK D+31
- North Star, Anchorage, AK D+32
- Old Seward-Oceanview, Anchorage, AK D+20
- Rogers Park, Anchorage, AK D+29
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Forest Hill, Newark, NJ D+33
- Southeast, Canal Winchester, OH D+33
- Visitacion Valley, San Francisco, CA D+36
- Urbandale-Parkdale, Dallas, TX D+48
- Midway, Escondido, CA D+14
- Cedar Brook, Philadelphia, PA D+90
- Kingsessing, Philadelphia, PA D+88
- Bergen-Lafayette, Jersey City, NJ D+67
- Morris Park, Philadelphia, PA D+85
- Inner Sunset, San Francisco, CA D+72
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.