Anchorage Municipality Borough, Alaska
Latest: 2024
Competitive — 3 presidential elections on record
Race & ancestry
| Group | % |
|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 54.2% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(19) | 9.5% |
▶Black / African American(14) | 5.0% |
▶Asian(6) | 10.0% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(7) | 0.3% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(7) | 7.3% |
▶Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander(6) | 3.1% |
Multiracial / Other | 10.9% |
Religious adherence
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents |
|---|---|---|
| Evangelical Protestant | 19.6% | 52.1% |
| Other | 7.8% | 20.7% |
| Catholic | 5.8% | 15.3% |
| LDS (Mormon) | 4.4% | 11.6% |
| Mainline Protestant | 2.8% | 7.3% |
| Black Protestant | 1.1% | 2.9% |
| Orthodox Christian | 0.6% | 1.7% |
| Non-religious | 62.4% | — |
Anchorage Municipality, Alaska is a county that has a population of 288,976. In the 2024 presidential election, it voted Democratic with a margin of D+1.5. Akashic Edge tracks 3 presidential elections here, dating back to 2016.
| Year | Dem % | Rep % | Margin | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48.8% | 47.3% | D+1.5 | R+0.6 |
| 2020 | 49.3% | 47.1% | D+2.1 | D+7.5 |
| 2016 | 41.6% | 46.9% | R+5.3 | — |
What defines Anchorage Municipality?
Anchorage Municipality has been won by both parties in the last 3 presidential elections (2D, 1R) — a genuine swing geography. It has a racially mixed, moderately educated electorate — the urban swing demographic that decides close elections.
County in State Context
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2026 Alaska Senate General Election
Mary Peltola leads at 52.4%
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Key Insights
High-confidence patterns distilled from this geography's election history.
- The 2024 election was decided by just 1.5 points — razor-thin
- Margins have been narrowing — from 5.3pp to 1.5pp over the last 3 presidential elections
- Turnout decreased by 5.2 percentage points since the previous presidential election