Any ideas why Alaska is 13 points better for Dems this election cycle?

[Quixote1818]

Polling this time 4 years ago had Obama trailing by 13 points. Hillary is trailing by 2 points with some polls even showing her ahead. What is causing some western states to move so much to the left? I get Utah and Idaho's movement because of the high Mormon population but I don't get what is going on in Alaska which has a very high male population.

Any ideas what is causing this?


On edit, I just found this article: https://www.adn.com/commentary/article/alaska-becoming-presidential-swing-state/2012/12/07/

Migration from liberal states is part of the reason:

Migration into Alaska (2000-2010) = 282,229
From states Obama won = 162,439
From states Romney won = 119,790

1. Washington = 28,042
2. California = 26,737
3. Texas = 22,660


So, here's the breakdown ....
2000: Gore lost by 31 points.
2004: Kerry lost by 25 points.
2008: Obama lost by 22 points.
2012: Obama lost by 14 points.

[doc03]

1. maybe because they can see Russia from their porch. nt

[Quixote1818]

3. Thats funny as I was thinking the same thing.

Wondering if by them being so close to Russia they somehow are more aware of the Trump / Russia connection.

[AmericanActivist]

9. Lmao nm

[napi21]

4. Maybe THEY can see the Con for what he really is! Not so much with

the easily manipulated dufusses in the lower 48.

[getagrip_already]

5. he wants to trade ak for Cuba....

Cuba is a much better place to build hotels.

[Fahrenthold451]

6. Trump is a f*ckstick. That's my theory.

[ffr]

8. T-O-X-I-C T-R-U-M-P

He totally sucks!

[Warren DeMontague]

10. they understand that, at least gradually, the Democratic party is embracing legal pot

the Republicans will come in and round up all the pot smokers on Federal charges, first chance they get.

[Iggo]

18. I know it's a weed and will grow basically anywhere...

...but can they grow good shit north of Canada?

[Warren DeMontague]

19. Outdoors, probably not.

Indoors, you could grow it on Mars, and I suspect in 100 years people probably will.

[Iggo]

20. Good point.

I'm used to Southern California, where the main reason to grow it indoors is that it's illegal.

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

11. Climate Change

That would be my guess.

[OnDoutside]

12. Maybe they got a reality check in stupidity by electing Palin ?

[whistler162]

15. Nothing to do during the winter so they

researched Trump and then played cards for the other 8 months of winter!

[TrekLuver]

16. This is an excellent trend! It's easy to predict that Hillary will lose by even a lesser percent!

[Iggo]

17. Tired of failing the quadrennial national IQ test?

[aikoaiko]

21. Bravenak kicking ass.