Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2004–2024, on current city boundaries.
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
HarrisDemocratic50.1%528TrumpRepublican42.6%449OtherAll other candidates7.3%77
D+7.5
Lead
79
Total
1,054
vs nation
D+9.0
BidenDemocratic60.1%816TrumpRepublican33.8%459OtherAll other candidates6.0%82
D+26.3
Lead
357
Total
1,357
vs nation
D+21.9
ClintonDemocratic45.0%596TrumpRepublican40.6%537OtherAll other candidates14.4%190
D+4.5
Lead
59
Total
1,323
vs nation
D+2.4
ObamaDemocratic40.8%618RomneyRepublican54.7%829OtherAll other candidates4.5%68
R+13.9
Lead
211
Total
1,515
vs nation
R+17.8
ObamaDemocratic45.1%522McCainRepublican52.3%605OtherAll other candidates2.6%30
R+7.2
Lead
83
Total
1,157
vs nation
R+14.4
KerryDemocratic41.9%122BushRepublican52.6%153OtherAll other candidates5.5%16
R+10.7
Lead
31
Total
291
vs nation
R+8.2
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
D+7.5MIT Election Lab
Population
3,6532024 5-year
Population density
285 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
12.8 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$113,6462024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
26.3%2024 5-year
Black
2.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
5.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+26.3 in 2020MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+13.9 in 2012MIT Election Lab
Participation
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes. Cycles before 2016 predate that series and are derived from the certified presidential returns instead; they are marked everywhere they appear and are excluded from the figures below.
2004–20246 cycles · 3 audited
2024 turnout
9.2%232 participants ÷ 2,513 CVAP
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm Derived, pre-2016
0%20%40%60%
200420082012201620202024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
232
2,513 ± 205
9.2%
Audited
E/A
289
2,710 ± 120
10.7%
Audited
E/A
308
2,602 ± 99
11.8%
Audited
E/A
1,515
2,590
58.5%
Derived
—
1,157
2,446
47.3%
Derived
—
291
2,302 extrapolated
12.6%
Derived
—
Sources and methods
Audited cycles (2016, 2020, 2024) count total general-election participants against the same-year CVAP special tabulation, each cell carrying its own numerator and denominator quality grade. Derived cycles (2004, 2008, 2012) come from the certified presidential returns on this page over the ACS 5-year CVAP series, so they measure presidential votes cast rather than ballots — a floor on participation. Where a derived cycle predates the ACS its denominator is extrapolated rather than read, and says so on its own line below. They are shown for the longer arc and are excluded from the drop-off, excess-drop-off, and 2026 scenario figures above.
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
2016: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 319/133.
2012 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
2008 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
2004 (derived): Certified presidential returns · extrapolated CVAP denominator; presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count; 2004 predates the ACS, so the denominator is a linear back-extrapolation from the 2008 and 2012 CVAP values, not a read figure.
presidential history
Party record book
Nome, AK · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
60.1%
816 votes · D+26.3
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 50.1%
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
54.7%
829 votes · R+13.9
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 52.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
816votes
60.1% of the vote · D+26.3
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 618 votes
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
829votes
54.7% of the vote · R+13.9
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 605 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
+21.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+26.3 · U.S. D+4.5
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +9.0 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
+17.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+13.9 · U.S. D+3.9
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +14.4 pts
U.S. House elections · 1 House
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Nome · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain. The figures below are Nome Census Area, Alaska, the county containing Nome — Nome’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Nome, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
Roughly half of Nome's population identifies as Alaska Native, making Indigenous turnout patterns a decisive factor in regional and statewide contests. Its isolation—accessible only by air or sea—concentrates political organizing around a tight-knit permanent community.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.3 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 13.9 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 18.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.5 points.
A population of 3,653, a 26% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $113,646 describe the city.
In 2024, Nome, Alaska voted Democratic by 7.5 points (D+7.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,054 votes cast, 528 went Democratic and 449 went Republican.
When did Nome, Alaska last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Nome, Alaska voted Republican was 2012.
How many people live in Nome, Alaska?
Nome, Alaska has a population of 3,653 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Nome, Alaska?
Median household income in Nome, Alaska is $113,646 — above the national median of $80,734. The Alaska state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of Nome, Alaska?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Nome, Alaska from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 3 went Republican.
