Alaska

ALASKA

3 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, State of Alaska Division of Elections)

Total Population, April 1, 2000	626,932
Voting Age Population, Nov. 2000	430,000	%change from '96 +2.6
Total Registration, Oct. 16, 2000	473,648

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%)
Alaska has: 17 boroughs, 145 cities, 451 precincts.
Note the discrepancy between VAP and total registration. The registration figure is from the Division of Elections, which considers its voter registration numbers inflated because it has not been able to purge inactive voters.i

Government
Governor: Tony Knowles (D) re-elected to a second term in 1998.
State Legislature: Alaska Legislature House: 14D, 26R Senate: 5D, 15R
Local: Communities DCED Community Database
U.S. House: 1R - At Large: Don Young (R)
U.S. Senate: Ted Stevens (R) up for re-election in 2002, Frank Murkowski (R) re-elected 1998.

Changes as of the November 2000 Elections
State Legislature: All 40 House seats and 10 of 20 Senate seats were up. Republicans retained overwhelming control in both chambers; Democrats lost a seat in the House and gained one in the Senate. House: 13D, 27R Senate: 6D, 14R.
U.S. House: Don Young (R) re-elected.

The Last Frontier

State of Alaska
Division of Elections

AK Democratic Party
Green Party of AK
Libertarian Party of AK
Natural Law Party-AK
Reform Party-AK
Republican Party of AK
Constitution Party-AK

Anchorage Daily News
Media (Newsp.)
Media (TV)

Politics1-AK

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000

Past Results
1996

Dole (Rep.)............122,746	(50.80)
Clinton (Dem.).........80,380	(33.27)
Perot (Ref.).............26,333	(10.90)
Nader (Grn.)..............7,597	(3.14)
Others (3+w/ins).......4,564	(1.88)
Total........241,620

1992

Bush (Rep.)...........102,000 (39.46)

Clinton (Dem.)..........78,294 (30.29)

Perot (No P.)...........73,481 (28.42)

Others (6+w/ins)........4,731
(1.83)

Total........258,506

Results
2000

Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)	28,747	(10.07)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)	2,636	(0.92)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)	5,192	(1.82)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	167,398	(58.62)
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)	79,004	(27.67)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)	919	(0.32)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)	596	(0.21)
Write-ins	1,068	(0.37)
Total........285,560

Ballots Cast / Reg. Voters - 287,825 / 473,648 = 60.77%
Turnout as a percentage of voting age population was 66.41%, third best in the nation. (U.S. avg. 53.76%).

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%.

Delegate Selection

Republicans

Straw Poll/Caucuses -- Monday Jan. 24, 2000
State Convention -- Friday, May 19, 2000

Results of Jan. 24, 2000 Straw Poll

	Total Vote	Percent
Gary Bauer	207	4.78%
George W. Bush	1,571	36.28%
Steve Forbes	1,566	36.17%
Orrin Hatch	163	3.76%
Alan Keyes	411	9.49%
John McCain	412	9.52%
Total	4,330

Details

Total Delegates
23 of 2,066 (1.1%).

Delegate Allocation
Congressional District delegates 3
At-large delegates 20

All delegates and alternate delegates to the national convention are elected at-large at the state convention.

Democrats	Precinct Caucuses -- Saturday March 25, 2000 District Caucus -- Saturday April 22, 2000 State Convention -- Saturday May 20, 2000
			Total Pledged Delegates 13 of 3,537 (0.4%). Total Delegates 19 of 4,335 (0.4%).