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State Senate District D·Alaska

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

One of Alaska's most Republican-leaning legislative districts by presidential margin

2016 — 2024·3 elections
AK
Latest
R+34
in 2024
Archetype
Frontier
since the recent cycles
Population
36,936
2024 ACS

State Senate District D, Alaska: Frontier district. In 2024, voted R+34%. Republican peak: R+37 in 2016.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+34MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
FrontierAkashic typology
Population
36,9362024 5-year
Median household income
$80,5382024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
78.7%2024 5-year
Black
0.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
4.4%2024 5-year
Peak Republican margin
R+37 in 2016MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 0 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
3 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−34.4%
6,33013,35220,400
R
−31.6%
6,77313,32720,755
R
−37.2%
4,61611,18717,660

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
18.4%
English
13.2%
Irish
11.1%
American
5.1%
Scottish
3.7%
Italian
2.2%
Polish
2.2%
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.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 41.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
0.7%
2.9%
75–84
2.6%
6.8%
65–74
6.4%
7.1%
55–64
6.8%
6.1%
45–54
5.5%
6.8%
35–44
6.1%
6.8%
25–34
5.9%
3.8%
18–24
3.1%
8.4%
5–17
8.1%
2.8%
<5
2.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$80,538
State Senate District D ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District D$80,538
Alaska$92,788
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.4%
Working age (18–64)11.2%
Seniors (65+)9.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.6%
speak English only
Other Indo-European2.4%
Spanish1.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.5%
Other languages1.0%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
29.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.0%
Baptist
2.5%
Mainline Protestant
2.0%
Methodist
1.5%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

District D recorded an R+47.2 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most consistently one-sided legislative districts in the state. Its sparse population of roughly 37,000 reflects Alaska's vast interior geography.

The pattern that emerged was Republican-leaning, in line with much of the rural West. The 2024 margin was thirty-four points. The widest margin in modern history was thirty-seven points in 2016.

The population is 36,936, among the smaller at this geographic scale. The district's political character reflects the sparse, rural West more than any national alignment.

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State Senate District D, Alaska — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/sld-upper/0200D/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District D, Alaska vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District D, Alaska voted Republican by 34.4 points (R+34), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 20,400 votes cast, 6,330 went Democratic and 13,352 went Republican.
What is State Senate District D, Alaska's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District D, Alaska as a "Frontier" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 3 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 0 times, Republican 3 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in State Senate District D, Alaska?
State Senate District D, Alaska has a population of 36,936 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 D, Alaska?
Median household income in State Senate District D, Alaska is $80,538 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alaska state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of State Senate District D, Alaska?
Akashic tracks 3 presidential elections in State Senate District D, Alaska from 2016 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 3 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Frontier" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.