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1876–2024
State Senate District B·Alaska

State Senate District B: a sparse county on the political map.

Anchorage urban core anchors one of Alaska's most Democratic districts

20162024·3 elections
AK
Latest
D+25
in 2024
Archetype
Frontier
since the recent cycles
Population
35,856
2024 ACS

State Senate District B, Alaska: Frontier district. In 2024, voted D+25%. Democratic peak: D+26 in 2020.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+25MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
FrontierAkashic typology
Population
35,8562024 5-year
Median household income
$99,2632024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
63.2%2024 5-year
Black
0.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
7.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+26 in 2020MIT Election Lab
4 counties · 4 D · 0 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+25.0%
12,2877,19520,388
D
+25.7%
12,9507,50021,223
D
+17.7%
10,1276,70819,323

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
13.7%
English
13.0%
Irish
10.2%
Italian
3.1%
Scottish
3.0%
American
2.9%
Polish
2.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
88.9%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander5.5%
Spanish2.9%
Other Indo-European1.4%
Other languages1.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
12.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
11.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.2%
Mainline Protestant
2.3%
Baptist
1.4%
Methodist
0.7%
Non-Christian
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With a D+25.1 presidential margin, District B ranks among the most reliably Democratic constituencies in a state that typically leans Republican at the statewide level, reflecting the concentrated urban electorate of central Anchorage.

The pattern that emerged was Democratic-leaning, in line with much of the rural West. The 2024 margin was twenty-five points. The widest margin in modern history was twenty-six points in 2020.

The population is 35,856, among the smaller at this geographic scale. The district's political character reflects the sparse, rural West more than any national alignment.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
State Senate District B, Alaska — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/sld-upper/0200B/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District B, Alaska vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District B, Alaska voted Democratic by 25.0 points (D+25), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 20,388 votes cast, 12,287 went Democratic and 7,195 went Republican.
What is State Senate District B, Alaska's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District B, Alaska as a "Frontier" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 3 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 3 times, Republican 0 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in State Senate District B, Alaska?
State Senate District B, Alaska has a population of 35,856 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District B, Alaska?
Median household income in State Senate District B, Alaska is $99,263 — above the national median of $80,734. The Alaska state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of State Senate District B, Alaska?
Akashic tracks 3 presidential elections in State Senate District B, Alaska from 2016 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 0 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Frontier" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.