Yakutat City and Borough is a true toss-up. About 49% of voters here vote Democratic and 51% 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 63% of adults in Yakutat City and Borough typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Yakutat City and Borough, ~31% vote Democratic, ~32% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Yakutat City and Borough compares
Yakutat City and Borough runs about 12 points more Democratic than Alaska as a whole.
Why Yakutat City and Borough leans the way it does
Density, race composition, education, and family structure all sit close to their national averages in Yakutat City and Borough. None of them point strongly toward either party.
Non-English at home and voter turnout
Places with a low non-English-at-home share tend to turn out at a higher rate; Yakutat City and Borough, AK sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Yakutat City and Borough looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 94% of adults in Yakutat City and Borough have completed high school, above 81% of counties. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Counties
- Haines Borough, AK R+17
- Skagway Municipality, AK R+23
- Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK Even
- Juneau City and Borough, AK D+22
- Sitka City and Borough, AK D+13
- Petersburg Census Area, AK R+4
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK R+39
- Wrangell City and Borough, AK R+8
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK R+33
- Anchorage Municipality, AK D+20
Counties with Similar Populations
- Harding County, NM R+37
- Thomas County, NE R+76
- Banner County, NE R+79
- Borden County, TX R+93
- San Juan County, CO D+29
- Slope County, ND R+74
- Hooker County, NE R+79
- Grant County, NE R+84
- Logan County, NE R+83
- Loup County, NE R+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.