| ALASKA | 3
Electoral Votes |
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| Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Division of Elections)
Alaska has: 16 boroughs, 11 census areas and 1 unorganized borough. Largest cities: Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau. Government |
State
of Alaska Division of Elections AK
Democratic Party Anchorage
Daily News AK Dispatch-Politics  The Last Frontier |
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| Voting Eligible Population*: 509,785. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 58.9%. Total Registration: 506,701. Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 7, 2012. Ballot access note: Limited political parties/independents must by Aug. 8, 2012 submit petition signed by qualified votersequal to at least one percent of the number of voters who cast ballots for President at the last Presidential Election (327,341 > 3,273). See: Presidential Ballot Access in Alaska [PDF] |
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Overview:
Four years ago
Alaska was the center of
attention with Sen. McCain's selection of Gov. Palin as his running
mate. Two years ago there was Sen. Lisa Murkowski's feat of
winning re-election as a write-in candidate. 2012 was
much quieter. Romney-Ryan did not fare as well as recent
Republican tickets, but still won with a plurality of 42,036 votes
(13.99 percentage points).
There
were
no
visits
from the major party candidates, but both
Libertarians Gary Johnson (Aug. 3-4) and Jim Gray (July 4 week)
campaigned in Alaska. Obama | (Romney) |
[State Primary: August 28, 2012]
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Democrats: District Caucuses -- April 10-14, 2012 |
| Democrats Two-tier
caucus/convention
system.
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Republicans 27 Delegates: 3 RNC; 21 at-large; 3 by CD (3 x 1 CD). 1.18% of the 2,286 Delegates. Results
of March 6, 2012 District Conventions
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| Voting Eligible Population*: 477,763. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 68.3%. Voting early or absentee in person at absentee voting locations began Oct. 20, 2008. Over 119,000 voted early, absentee or questioned ballots. Total Registration: 495,731. Registration Deadline: Oct. 5, 2008. |
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2008
Overview The Obama campaign had begun a serious organizing effort in Alaska, opening four offices in July. After Sen. McCain's selection of Gov. Palin as his running mate, the Democratic campaign shifted some of its resources to other states, although it did keep a presence including the four offices. McCain/Palin carried the state with a plurality of 70,247 votes (21.53 percentage points). Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader |
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| Voting Eligible Population: 452,124.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 69.1%. Approximately 85,000 voted early, absentee or questioned ballots. Registration: Rep. 117,445 (25.04%) Dem. 70,930 (15.12%) AI 15,653 (3.32%) Lib. 7,296 (1.56%) Grn. 4,466 (0.95%) Rep.Mod. 4,363 (0.93%) Non-Partisan 69,505 (14.82%) Undeclared 176,663 (37.66%) Other 2,721 (0.58%) Total: 472,160. Registration Deadline: Oct. 3, 2004. |
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2004
Overview Bush-Cheney finished with a very comfortable plurality of 79,864 votes (25.55 percentage points). General Election Details |
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Voting Eligible Population: 419,111. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 68.1%. Registration: Rep. 116,059 (24.5%) Dem. 76,561 (16.2%) AI 19,346 (4.1%) Lib. 6,884 (1.5%) Grn. 4,260 (0.9%) Rep.Mod. 2,094 (0.4%) Non-Partisan 76,137 (16.1%) Undeclared 167,132 (35.3%) Other 5,175 (1.1%) Total: 473,648. |
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2000
Overview Alaska remained very securely in the Republican column as Bush-Cheney thumped Gore-Lieberman by a more than two-to-one margin. Bush's plurality was 88,394 votes (30.95 percentage points). Ralph Nader achieved his best showing nationwide in Alaska, receiving 10% of the vote. Pat Buchanan stumped in the state on Oct. 23-24 and advertised > heavily but could not break 2%. Of interest: Alaska Statutes provide for the candidates to submit position statements of 250 words or less and biographical statements of 150 words or less for the Election Pamphlet. See how the candidates presented themselves: here. |
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