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[[Alaska]] is a [[U.S. state|state]] in the [[Western United States]], on the northwest extremity of the North American continent.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Miller|first=Maynard M.|last2=Lynch|first2=Donald|date=March 19, 2021|title=Alaska|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Alaska|url-status=live|access-date=September 26, 2021|website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|archive-date=August 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828115134/https://www.britannica.com/place/Alaska}}</ref> Since its [[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|United States presidential elections]]. 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's candidate [[John F. Kennedy]] by a margin of just 1.88% (1,144 votes).{{Sfn|''Guide to U.S. Elections''|2009|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}}</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|url-status=live|access-date=September 26, 2021|website=[[Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections]]}}</ref> |
[[Alaska]] is a [[U.S. state|state]] in the [[Western United States]], on the northwest extremity of the North American continent.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Miller|first=Maynard M.|last2=Lynch|first2=Donald|date=March 19, 2021|title=Alaska|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Alaska|url-status=live|access-date=September 26, 2021|website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|archive-date=August 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828115134/https://www.britannica.com/place/Alaska}}</ref> Since its [[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|United States presidential elections]]. 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''|2009|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}}</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|url-status=live|access-date=September 26, 2021|website=[[Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections]]}}</ref> |
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In the [[1984 United States presidential election|1984 presidential election]], the Republican Party's candidate [[Ronald Reagan]] won Alaska by a margin of 36.78%,<ref name = ":1984" /> which remains the largest margin of victory in the state's history. In the 1992 presidential election, the [[Independent politician|independent candidate]] [[Ross Perot]] received the highest percentage of vote share (28.43%){{Sfn|''Guide to U.S. Elections''|2009|p=797}} ever won by a [[List of third party and independent performances in United States elections|third party candidate]] in Alaska. [[Gallup (company)|Gallup Poll]] has ranked Alaska in the top ten most Republican states.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jones|first=Jeffrey M.|date=February 14, 2015|title=Massachusetts, Maryland Most Democratic States|work=[[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> |
In the [[1984 United States presidential election|1984 presidential election]], the Republican Party's candidate [[Ronald Reagan]] won Alaska by a margin of 36.78%,<ref name = ":1984" /> which remains the largest margin of victory in the state's history. In the [[1992 United States presidential election|1992 presidential election]], the [[Independent politician|independent candidate]] [[Ross Perot]] received the highest percentage of vote share (28.43%){{Sfn|''Guide to U.S. Elections''|2009|p=797}} ever won by a [[List of third party and independent performances in United States elections|third party candidate]] in Alaska. [[Gallup (company)|Gallup Poll]] has ranked Alaska in the top ten most Republican states.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jones|first=Jeffrey M.|date=February 14, 2015|title=Massachusetts, Maryland Most Democratic States|work=[[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> |
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== Presidential elections == |
== Presidential elections == |
Template:Infobox elections by state Alaska is a state in the Western United States, on the northwest extremity of the North American continent.[1] Since its admission to the Union in January 1959,[2][3] it has participated in 16 United States presidential elections. In the 1960 presidential election, Alaska was narrowly won by the Republican Party's candidate and incumbent vice president Richard Nixon, defeating the Democratic Party's candidate John F. Kennedy by a margin of just 1.88% (1,144 votes).[4][5] In the 1964 presidential election, the Democratic Party's candidate Lyndon B. Johnson won Alaska in a national Democratic landslide victory.[6][7] Since the 1964 election, Alaska has been won by the Republican Party in every presidential election.[8]
In the 1984 presidential election, the Republican Party's candidate Ronald Reagan won Alaska by a margin of 36.78%,[9] which remains the largest margin of victory in the state's history. In the 1992 presidential election, the independent candidate Ross Perot received the highest percentage of vote share (28.43%)[10] ever won by a third party candidate in Alaska. Gallup Poll has ranked Alaska in the top ten most Republican states.[11]
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style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) ‡ | 44,329 | 65.91% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Barry Goldwater (R) | 22,930 | 34.09% |
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style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Richard Nixon (R) ‡ | 37,600 | 45.28% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 35,411 | 42.65% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:American Independent Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | George Wallace (AI) | 10,024 | 12.07% | 3 | ||
style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Richard Nixon (R) ‡ | 55,349 | 58.13% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | George McGovern (D) | 32,967 | 34.62% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:American Independent Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | John G. Schmitz (AI) | 6,903 | 7.25% | 3 | ||
style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Gerald Ford (R) | 71,555 | 57.90% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Jimmy Carter (D) ‡ | 44,058 | 35.65% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Libertarian Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Roger MacBride (LI) | 6,785 | 5.49% | 3 | ||
style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Ronald Reagan (R) ‡ | 86,112 | 54.35% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Jimmy Carter (D) | 41,842 | 26.41% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Libertarian Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Ed Clark (LI) | 18,479 | 11.66% | 3 | ||
style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Ronald Reagan (R) ‡ | 138,377 | 66.65% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Walter Mondale (D) | 62,007 | 29.87% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Libertarian Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | David Bergland (LI) | 6,378 | 3.07% | 3 | ||
style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | George H. W. Bush (R) ‡ | 119,251 | 59.59% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Michael Dukakis (D) | 72,584 | 36.27% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Libertarian Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Ron Paul (LI) | 5,484 | 2.74% | 3 | ||
style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | George H. W. Bush (R) | 102,000 | 39.46% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Bill Clinton (D) ‡ | 78,294 | 30.29% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Independent/meta/color;" | | Ross Perot (I) | 73,481 | 28.43% | 3 | ||
style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Bob Dole (R) | 122,746 | 50.80% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Bill Clinton (D) ‡ | 80,380 | 33.27% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Reform Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Ross Perot (RE) | 26,333 | 10.90% | 3 | ||
style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | George W. Bush (R) ‡ | 167,398 | 58.62% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Al Gore (D) | 79,004 | 27.67% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Green Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Ralph Nader (G) | 28,747 | 10.07% | 3 | ||
style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | George W. Bush (R) ‡ | 190,889 | 61.07% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | John Kerry (D) | 111,025 | 35.52% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Independent/meta/color;" | | Ralph Nader (I) | 5,069 | 1.62% | 3 | ||
style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | John McCain (R) | 193,841 | 59.42% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Barack Obama (D) ‡ | 123,594 | 37.89% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Independent/meta/color;" | | Ralph Nader (I) | 3,783 | 1.16% | 3 | ||
style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Mitt Romney (R) | 164,676 | 54.80% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Barack Obama (D) ‡ | 122,640 | 40.81% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Libertarian Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Gary Johnson (LI) | 7,392 | 2.46% | 3 | ||
style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Donald Trump (R) ‡ | 163,387 | 51.28% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Hillary Clinton (D) | 116,454 | 36.55% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Libertarian Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Gary Johnson (LI) | 18,725 | 5.88% | 3 | ||
style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Donald Trump (R) | 189,951 | 52.83% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Joe Biden (D) ‡ | 153,778 | 42.77% | style="text-align:left; border-left:3px solid darkgray; background-color:Template:Libertarian Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Jo Jorgensen (LI) | 8,897 | 2.47% | 3 |
The following graph shows the margin of victory of the winner over the runner-up in the 16 presidential elections Alaska participated.
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