Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area

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

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area leans Democratic by roughly 18 points: about 59% of voters vote Democratic and 41% 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 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, ~39% vote Democratic, ~27% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area compares

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area runs about 30 points more Democratic than Alaska as a whole. Alaska leans Republican overall, while Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by city within Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area. The west side runs the most Democratic (D+30) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+19), a spread of about 50 points.

Why Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 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 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 45% of adults in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area have never been married, well above similar-sized counties (around 27%). Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area runs against the grain of Alaska, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area looks the way it does

Turnout in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 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.

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.