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Since [[Alaska]]'s [[admission to the Union]] in January 1959,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mooney|first=Richard E.|date=January 4, 1959|title=Alaska Becomes the 49th State|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0103.html|access-date=September 26, 2021|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112043051/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0103.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Alaska Statehood|url=https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/alaska-statehood|url-status=live|access-date=September 26, 2021|website=[[Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home]]|archive-date=March 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318102904/https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/alaska-statehood}}</ref> it has participated in 16 [[United States presidential election]]s, always having 3 [[United States Electoral College|electoral votes]]. In the [[1960 United States presidential election|1960 presidential election]], Alaska was narrowly won by the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]'s candidate and incumbent [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]] [[Richard Nixon]], defeating the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]'s candidate [[John F. Kennedy]] by a margin of just 1.88% (1,144 votes).{{Sfn|''Guide to U.S. Elections''|2010|p=789}}<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Slotnick|first=Herman E.|date=1961|title=The 1960 Election in Alaska|journal=[[Political Research Quarterly|The Western Political Quarterly]]|publisher=[[University of Utah Press]]|volume=14|issue=1|pages=300–304|doi=10.2307/443850|jstor=443850}}</ref> In the [[1964 United States presidential election|1964 presidential election]], the Democratic Party's candidate [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] won Alaska in a national Democratic [[landslide victory]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Slotnick|first=Herman E.|date=1965|title=The 1964 Election in Alaska|journal=[[Political Research Quarterly|The Western Political Quarterly]]|publisher=[[University of Utah Press]]|volume=18|issue=2|pages=439–442|doi=10.2307/445288|jstor=445288|s2cid=187243432 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=November 4, 1964|title=The Johnson Landslide|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/11/04/archives/the-johnson-landslide.html|url-access=limited|access-date=September 26, 2021|archive-date=September 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926091742/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/11/04/archives/the-johnson-landslide.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Since the 1964 election, Alaska has been won by the Republican Party in every presidential election.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Leip|first=David|title=Presidential General Election Graph Comparison {{endash}} Alaska|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/comparegraphs.php?year=2020&fips=2&f=0&off=0&elect=0|access-date=September 26, 2021|website=[[Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections]]}}</ref> |
Since [[Alaska]]'s [[admission to the Union]] in January 1959,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mooney|first=Richard E.|date=January 4, 1959|title=Alaska Becomes the 49th State|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0103.html|access-date=September 26, 2021|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112043051/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0103.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Alaska Statehood|url=https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/alaska-statehood|url-status=live|access-date=September 26, 2021|website=[[Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home]]|archive-date=March 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318102904/https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/alaska-statehood}}</ref> it has participated in 16 [[United States presidential election]]s, always having 3 [[United States Electoral College|electoral votes]]. In the [[1960 United States presidential election|1960 presidential election]], Alaska was narrowly won by the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]'s candidate and incumbent [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]] [[Richard Nixon]], defeating the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]'s candidate [[John F. Kennedy]] by a margin of just 1.88% (1,144 votes).{{Sfn|''Guide to U.S. Elections''|2010|p=789}}<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Slotnick|first=Herman E.|date=1961|title=The 1960 Election in Alaska|journal=[[Political Research Quarterly|The Western Political Quarterly]]|publisher=[[University of Utah Press]]|volume=14|issue=1|pages=300–304|doi=10.2307/443850|jstor=443850}}</ref> In the [[1964 United States presidential election|1964 presidential election]], the Democratic Party's candidate [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] won Alaska in a national Democratic [[landslide victory]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Slotnick|first=Herman E.|date=1965|title=The 1964 Election in Alaska|journal=[[Political Research Quarterly|The Western Political Quarterly]]|publisher=[[University of Utah Press]]|volume=18|issue=2|pages=439–442|doi=10.2307/445288|jstor=445288|s2cid=187243432 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=November 4, 1964|title=The Johnson Landslide|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/11/04/archives/the-johnson-landslide.html|url-access=limited|access-date=September 26, 2021|archive-date=September 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926091742/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/11/04/archives/the-johnson-landslide.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Since the 1964 election, Alaska has been won by the Republican Party in every presidential election.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Leip|first=David|title=Presidential General Election Graph Comparison {{endash}} Alaska|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/comparegraphs.php?year=2020&fips=2&f=0&off=0&elect=0|access-date=September 26, 2021|website=[[Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections]]}}</ref> |
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[[Ronald Reagan]], the Republican candidate in the [[1984 United States presidential election|1984 presidential election]], won Alaska by 36.78%,<ref name = ":1984" /> which remains the largest margin of victory in the state's history. [[Ross Perot]], the [[Independent politician|independent candidate]] in the [[1992 United States presidential election|1992 presidential election]], received the highest vote share (28.43%){{Sfn|''Guide to U.S. Elections''|2010|p=797}} ever won by a [[List of third party and independent performances in United States elections|third-party candidate]] in Alaska. Various news organizations have characterized Alaska as a safe Republican state.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jones|first=Jeffrey M.|date=February 14, 2015|title=Massachusetts, Maryland Most Democratic States|publisher=[[Gallup (company)|Gallup Polls]]|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/181475/massachusetts-maryland-democratic-states.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=September 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725041352/https://news.gallup.com/poll/181475/massachusetts-maryland-democratic-states.aspx|archive-date=July 25, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=December 2, 2020|title=Alaska Presidential Result|publisher=[[CNN]]|url=https://edition.cnn.com/election/2020/results/state/alaska/president|access-date=October 9, 2021|archive-date=February 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205224425/https://edition.cnn.com/election/2020/results/state/alaska/president|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Weigel|first=David|date=September 22, 2020|title=The 50 political states of America|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/united-states-political-geography/|access-date=October 9, 2021|archive-date=October 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011184637/https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/united-states-political-geography/|url-status=live}}</ref> No Republican has won the presidency without carrying Alaska since its statehood in 1959 due to [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] being the only Democrat candidate to ever carry the state. Alaska is tied with [[Idaho]], [[Utah]], [[Wyoming]] |
[[Ronald Reagan]], the Republican candidate in the [[1984 United States presidential election|1984 presidential election]], won Alaska by 36.78%,<ref name = ":1984" /> which remains the largest margin of victory in the state's history. [[Ross Perot]], the [[Independent politician|independent candidate]] in the [[1992 United States presidential election|1992 presidential election]], received the highest vote share (28.43%){{Sfn|''Guide to U.S. Elections''|2010|p=797}} ever won by a [[List of third party and independent performances in United States elections|third-party candidate]] in Alaska. Various news organizations have characterized Alaska as a safe Republican state.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jones|first=Jeffrey M.|date=February 14, 2015|title=Massachusetts, Maryland Most Democratic States|publisher=[[Gallup (company)|Gallup Polls]]|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/181475/massachusetts-maryland-democratic-states.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=September 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725041352/https://news.gallup.com/poll/181475/massachusetts-maryland-democratic-states.aspx|archive-date=July 25, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=December 2, 2020|title=Alaska Presidential Result|publisher=[[CNN]]|url=https://edition.cnn.com/election/2020/results/state/alaska/president|access-date=October 9, 2021|archive-date=February 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205224425/https://edition.cnn.com/election/2020/results/state/alaska/president|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Weigel|first=David|date=September 22, 2020|title=The 50 political states of America|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/united-states-political-geography/|access-date=October 9, 2021|archive-date=October 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011184637/https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/united-states-political-geography/|url-status=live}}</ref> No Republican has won the presidency without carrying Alaska since its statehood in 1959 due to [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] being the only Democrat candidate to ever carry the state. Alaska is tied with [[Idaho]], [[Utah]], [[Wyoming]]. [[North Dakota]], [[South Dakota]], [[Nebraska]], [[Kansas]] and [[Oklahoma]] for the longest Republican voting streak for any state in recent political history, from 1968 to present. |
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