Election Day updates

Past Kodiak Votes for President

Curious about how Kodiak voters have voted in previous presidential elections?

It may come as no surprise that, since the year 2000, Kodiak voters have preferred the Republican nominee. But that preference is shrinking. For the first decade, the Republican nominee could count on 2/3 of Kodiak voters, but now that margin is down to close to 50%. The Democratic nominees, though, have seen a slight increase in Kodiak support, close to 40%.

And, since the 2000 presidential election, Kodiak voters have agreed with the majority of voters nationwide only once, in 2004.

2000

• Bush (R): 63% of Kodiak votes
• Gore (D): 25% [won national popular vote]

2004

• Bush (R): 64% [won national popular vote]
• Kerry (D): 33%

2008

• McCain (R): 63%
• Obama (D): 34% [won national popular vote]

2012

• Romney (R): 55%
• Obama (D): 41% [won national popular vote]

2016

• Trump (R): 50%
• Clinton (D): 36% [won national popular vote]

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Absentee Voting Update

The Alaska Division of Elections in Juneau has received 2,405 absentee ballots from Kodiak as of Sunday, November 1. However, 1,198 absentee ballots have not yet been returned by Sunday.

Absentee votes will not be counted until next week since in Alaska, absentee ballots can arrive in Juneau for counting by no later than November 10. So keep in mind that, even though might have results from election day voting, there may be at least 3,500 additional ballots to add to the election day total next week.

How have returned Kodiak absentee ballots broken down according to party line so far?

Republican: 665 ballots

Democrat: 541 ballots

Unaffiliated/Non-partisan: 1,094

Alaska Independent: 71

Libertarian: 15

Other: 17

Election Coverage

KMXT 100.1 FM will hand off election coverage to NPR at 4:00pm today. You can follow their up-to-the-minute coverage and analysis here: https://apps.npr.org/liveblogs/20201103-election/

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Kodiak Political Party Demographics

Interested in how political parties are represented in Kodiak in the 2020 election?

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Kodiak Election Facts

In Alaska, voting districts are organized by House legislative districts. There are 14 precincts in Kodiak’s voting district (House district 32).

Precincts on Kodiak Island:

• Chiniak
• Bells Flats
• South (Larsen Bay, Ahkiok, Karluk)
• Kodiak City No. 1 (Harbor)
• Kodiak City No. 2 (Teen Center)
• Mission Road (Service Area #1)
• Old Harbor
• Ouzinkie
• Port Lions

Precincts off-island:

• Cordova
• Seldovia/Kachemak
• Tatitlek
• Tyonek
• Yakutat

Here are Kodiak district’s precincts ranked by the number of registered voters for the 2020 election (14,036 total registered voters):

1. Mission Road (3,617 registered voters)
2. Cordova (2,102)
3. Kodiak City No. 1 (2080)
4. Kodiak City No. 2 (2000)
5. Bells Flats (1902)
6. Seldovia/Kachemak (511)
7. Yakutat (488)
8. Tyonek (411)
9. Port Lions (197)
10. South (166)
11. Old Harbor (148)
12. Ouzinkie (146)
13. Chiniak (138)
14. Tatitlek (130)

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Jared and Dylan will be monitoring election coverage and results as they come in today (and for the rest of the week). Stay tuned right here for updates on how Kodiak has voted!

Things we’ll be looking at:

• 2020 voter turnout in total, and voter turnout by precinct
• 2020 results on elections and ballot measures
• Kodiak’s historical voter turnout
• Kodiak’s political demographics
• Your voice, as we head to the polls to get voter reactions

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