Sitka City and Borough, AK Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Sitka City and Borough

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

Sitka City and Borough 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 72% of adults in Sitka City and Borough typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sitka City and Borough, ~41% vote Democratic, ~31% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Sitka City and Borough compares

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

Why Sitka City and Borough 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 Sitka City and Borough, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 34% of adults in Sitka City and Borough hold a bachelor's degree, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Sitka City and Borough runs against the grain of Alaska, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

High-school completion and voter turnout

Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Sitka City and Borough, AK sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Sitka City and Borough looks the way it does

Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 95% of adults in Sitka City and Borough have completed high school, about 6 points above the Alaska average of 89%. 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.