Obama won rural Alaska

[minionofmidas]

With the vote count now apparently complete but not yet certified, Alaska has 30k fewer votes cast than 2008, with Obama's vote number essentially unchanged.

D40 can be used for comparisons easily because it was barely changed in redistricting, only losing Shishmaref. (Other rural districts were changed massively, by contrast - essentially one rural district was eliminated.)

2008: McCain 2686, Obama 2137, other 177
2012: Obama 2709, Romney 1337, other 167.

Hm-hmmm. (And yes, that's actually a greater turnout decline than statewide. It's just not all that there is to see here.)

[minionofmidas]

lol Emmonak.

(Note: 91% Yupik village near the mouth of the Yukon. The per capita income for the city was $9,069 in 2000.
wikipedia: "In the winter of 2008-2009, a combination of a cold winter and increased fuel prices led to economic hardship. Due to a collapse in local king salmon fisheries in 2008[citation needed], residents were unable to generate enough economic capital to buy increased amounts of heating oil at higher prices. On January 10, 2009 Nicholas C. Tucker, Sr., a town elder, circulated a letter asking for aid. The letter was circulated by Alaska bloggers, where it was picked up by national media.[citation needed]")

2012 result: Obama 72%, Stein 24%, Romney 1.6% (3 votes), Johnson 1.6%, one write-in.