akashic
1876–2024
Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska
Bristol Bay Borough·Alaska

Bristol Bay Borough has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

Remote salmon country where subsistence rights shape every ballot

18762024·38 elections
Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska · National Park Service · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+28
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
918
2024 ACS
Most similar
Bryan County
GA · similarity 0.98
3 precincts · 416 votes cast
Trump · R+28
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−27.9%
136252416
2020R
−22.9%
180290481
2016R
−28.8%
120234396
2012R
−25.6%
152266446
2008R
−43.3%
140366522
2004R
−38.7%
160372548
2000R
−25.6%
203382700
1996R
−14.4%
187270578
1992R
−13.1%
196290717
1988R
−26.6%
175309504
1984R
−45.3%
129360510
1980R
−22.4%
122212402
1976R
−6.6%
147169334
1972R
−18.8%
112167293
1968R
−1.7%
122127289
1964D
+56.5%
19454248
1960D
+40.7%
19783280
1956
No data
1952
No data
1948
No data
1944
No data
1940
No data
1936
No data
1932
No data
1928
No data
1924
No data
1920
No data
1916
No data
1912
No data
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. 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
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
18.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.5%
Baptist
1.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 73.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Bristol Bay's roughly 1,200 residents are majority Alaska Native, and resource-use policy — particularly commercial fishing and subsistence access — consistently drives local political debate more than national partisan cues.

The Republican margin in Bristol Bay Borough reached its widest at forty-five points in 1984. The margin in 2024 was twenty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Bristol Bay Borough's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $95,625, a 49% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 918 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bryan County and Lee County.