Alaska Results Map by House District

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What about Aleutians East? Romney had to have done quite well among non-whites here.

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Places listed in Aleutians East

Akutan: Obama 52, Romney 22 (24% White, 16% Native)
Cold Bay: Romney 30, Obama 1 (72% White, 17% Native)
King Cove: Romney 67, Obama 56 (47% Native, 15% White)
Sand Point: Romney 95, Obama 71 (42% Native, 28% White)

I believe he covered the Asian aspect of the Aleutians too

Huh. Anyone know anything at all about these towns? What's up with Cold Bay? Wonder why Romney did so much better among non-whites here than nationally. I rea;ize Native Alaskans don't vote like, say, Shannon County SD, but still. He also dis remarkably well among Asians.

Deadliest Catch voters?

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So the voting population is notably more white than the census? I buy that, but I still wonder what the difference between here and Aleutians West (and indeed, most of the surrounding region) is.

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Can anyone compare House District or county results with racial make-up?

Ketchikan 66% nhw, 14% Native, 8% nh mixed, 7% Asian
POW 50% nhw, 40% Native, 8% nh mixed
Wrangell 72% nhw, 16% Native, 9% nh mixed
Petersburg 69% nhw, 16% Native, 8% nh mixed
Sitka 64% nhw, 17% Native, 9% nh mixed, 5% Hispanic
Juneau 67% nhw, 12% Native, 9% nh mixed, 6% Asian, 5% Hispanic
Hoonah-Angoon 46% nhw, 41% Native, 10% nh mixed
Haines 83% nhw, 9% Native, 5% nh mixed
Skagway 91% nhw (very hippie / touristy kind of place. Notice that 11% Other vote? Mostly Jill Stein.)
Yakutat 40% nhw, 36% Native, 15% nh mixed
Valdez-Cordova 72% nhw, 14% Native, 6% nh mixed
Kenai 83% nhw, 7% Native, 5% nh mixed
Anchorage 63% nhw, 8% Asian, 8% Native, 8% Hispanic, 7% nh mixed
Mat-Su 85% nhw, 6% nh mixed, 6% Native
Denali 91% nhw (tourism industry country, hence so marginal)
SE Fairbanks 79% nhw, 12% Native
Fairbanks North Star 74% nhw, 7% Native, 6% Hispanic, 6% nh mixed
Yukon-Koyukuk 71% Native, 22% nhw, 6% nh mixed
Kodiak 53% nhw, 20% Asian, 13% Native, 7% Hispanic, 7% nh mixed
Lake & Peninsula 66% Native, 23% White, 8% Mixed
Bristol Bay 48% White, 34% Native, 13% Mixed
Aleutians East 36% Asian, 28% Native, 14% nhw, 12% Hispanic, 7% Black
Aleutians West 31% White, 29% Asian, 15% Native, 13% Hispanic, 6% Black
Dillingham 72% Native, 18% White, 7% Mixed
Bethel 83% Native, 11% White
Wade Hampton 95% Native (no urban place of any size here)
Nome 76% Native, 16% White, 6% Mixed
NW Arctic 81% Native, 11% White
North Slope 54% Native, 32% White, 5% Mixed

Mixed race populations in rural areas are almost entirely mixed Native/White (and the few exceptions are usually Native/Black or Native/Asian rather than White/Asian or other combos). In the cities, Native/White tends to be a narrowish majority of the mixed race population.

Census results for Kodiak and the Aleutians should be treated with the utmost caution. They include a transient, mostly Filipino population present only for salmon canning season. Similarly, all those North Slope extra Whites are highly paid seasonal oil field workers who for some reason showed up on the Census this year but not ten years ago. North Slope has 2000 more census inhabitants than NW Arctic but nearly identical numbers of registered voters and votes cast.

So what's with the only notable African-American population being in the Aleutians? I would've assumed Anchorage (5.6% per 2010 census). Is it a military base and/or fishing/canning industry thing? I assumed there was more of the latter outside the Aleutians.

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Salmon canners. Africans, not Afro-Americans.

Not to nitpick over PC semantics, but Afro is a hair style.