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1876–2024
Skagway, Alaska
Skagway Municipality·Alaska

Skagway Municipality has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

A remote Southeast Alaska port that votes heavily Democratic despite its frontier setting

18762024·38 elections
Skagway, Alaska · Christopher Michel from San Francisco, USA · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+45
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
1,244
2024 ACS
Most similar
Alpine County
CA · similarity 0.95
1 precincts · 939 votes cast
Harris · D+45
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+45.5%
659232939
2020D
+50.4%
650201890
2016D
+22.0%
350200681
2012D
+27.5%
355187612
2008D
+17.5%
319219573
2004D
+12.6%
288219547
2000R
−18.1%
156246497
1996D
+3.6%
178162448
1992R
−4.8%
155178478
1988R
−13.2%
156205372
1984R
−22.7%
133215362
1980R
−14.9%
128185383
1976R
−38.9%
98230339
1972R
−42.5%
89236346
1968D
+22.3%
15595269
1964D
+34.7%
532258790
1960R
−10.3%
297365662
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
17.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 77.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Skagway's roughly 1,000 residents — many tied to cruise tourism and the historic White Pass railroad — delivered a 44-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, making it one of Alaska's most lopsided jurisdictions despite its rugged, isolated geography.

The Democratic margin in Skagway Municipality reached its widest at fifty points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was forty-five points — still decisive.

Skagway Municipality's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $81,136, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,244 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 Alpine County and Cook County.