| Election Name: | 2024 United States presidential election in Alaska |
| Turnout: | 55.8% (4.87 pp) |
| Country: | Alaska |
| Type: | Presidential |
| College Voted: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2020 United States presidential election in Alaska |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 2024 |
| Next Election: | 2028 United States presidential election in Alaska |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Joe Biden |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Donald Trump |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Nominee1: | Donald Trump |
| Home State1: | Florida |
| Running Mate1: | JD Vance |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Image1: | Donald Trump official portrait (3x4a).jpg |
| Popular Vote1: | 184,458 |
| Percentage1: | 54.54% |
| Nominee2: | Kamala Harris |
| Home State2: | California |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Running Mate2: | Tim Walz |
| Popular Vote2: | 140,026 |
| Percentage2: | 41.41% |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| Electoral Vote1: | 3 |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
The 2024 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Alaska voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Alaska has 3 electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat. This is the first presidential election following the state's adoption of Measure 2, which institutes ranked-choice voting for all statewide general elections.
Incumbent Democratic president Joe Biden initially ran for re-election to a second term, and became the party's presumptive nominee. However, following what was widely viewed as a poor performance in the June 2024 presidential debate and amid increasing age and health concerns from within his party, he withdrew from the race on July 21 and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who launched her presidential campaign the same day.
Ever since Alaska started voting in presidential races in 1960, the only time its electoral votes did not go to the Republican nominee was when incumbent Democrat Lyndon Johnson won in a landslide in 1964. Alaska is the only Republican-leaning state on the West Coast. In 2020, Trump won Alaska, but by 10 percentage points, much less than Republicans in the past like George W. Bush's 26% victory in the state in 2004.
While Republicans were still heavily favored to carry the state in 2024, Alaska has shifted closer to the center since the 2010s and is now considered a moderately red state.
Trump won Alaska by 13%, a modest improvement from his 10% win in 2020. While Harris managed to narrowly retain Anchorage for the Democrats, Trump improved in virtually all of the rest of the state, particularly areas in the north and west with large Alaska Native populations. Key to Trump's victory in the state were landslide margins to his favor in the Kenai Peninsula and Matanuska-Susitna Valley. He even managed to obtain over 80% of the vote in the sparsely populated Southeast Fairbanks Census Area. Harris's best area was Juneau, the state capital.
See main article: 2024 Alaska Republican presidential caucuses. The Alaska Republican caucuses were held on Super Tuesday, March 5, 2024.
The Alaska Democratic caucus was held on April 13, 2024. Joe Biden was the only person on the ballot and won the caucus via voice vote with 15 pledged delegates.
The following candidates qualified for the general election:
Voters did not have the option to write in candidates for president and vice president. This was the first presidential election in Alaska to use ranked choice (instant runoff) voting.
Independent candidate Cornel West appeared on the ballot as the nominee of the Aurora Party, a party that only exists in Alaska and only has ballot access for presidential elections.
| Source | Ranking | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | The Cook Political Report | December 19, 2023 | |
| align=left | Inside Elections | April 26, 2023 | |
| align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball | June 13, 2024 | |
| align=left | Decision Desk HQ/The Hill | August 26, 2024 | |
| align=left | CNalysis | September 15, 2024 | |
| align=left | CNN | January 14, 2024 | |
| align=left | The Economist | November 3, 2024 | |
| 538 | June 11, 2024 | ||
| NBC News | October 6, 2024 | ||
| YouGov | November 1, 2024 | ||
| Split Ticket | November 1, 2024 |
Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Donald Trump | Kamala Harris | Other / Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Survey Research | data-sort-value=2024-10-22 | October 20–22, 2024 | 1,703 (LV) | ± 2.4% | 55% | 45% | – | |
| Alaska Survey Research | data-sort-value=2024-10-09 | October 8–9, 2024 | 1,254 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 54% | 46% | – | |
| Cygnal (R) | data-sort-value=2024-09-01 | August 30 – September 1, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 53% | 43% | 4% |
Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Donald Trump | Kamala Harris | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Other / Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Survey Research | data-sort-value=2024-10-22 | October 20–22, 2024 | 1,703 (LV) | ± 2.4% | 51% | 43% | 7% | – | |
| Alaska Survey Research | data-sort-value=2024-10-09 | October 8–9, 2024 | 1,254 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 50% | 43% | 7% | – | |
| Alaska Survey Research | data-sort-value=2024-09-29 | September 27–29, 2024 | 1,182 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 52% | 43% | 6% | – | |
| Alaska Survey Research | data-sort-value=2024-09-12 | September 11–12, 2024 | 1,254 (LV) | – | 47% | 42% | 5% | 6% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Donald Trump | Joe Biden | Other / Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Biden withdraws from the race. | ||||||||
| John Zogby Strategies | data-sort-value="2024-05-01" | April 13–21, 2024 | 248 (LV) | – | 50% | 43% | 7% | |
| Data for Progress (D) | data-sort-value=2024-03-08 | February 23 – March 2, 2024 | 1,120 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 53% | 41% | 6% | |
| Alaska Survey Research | data-sort-value=2023-10-18 | October 13–18, 2023 | 1,375 (LV) | – | 45% | 37% | 19% | |
| Alaska Survey Research | data-sort-value=2023-07-21 | July 18–21, 2023 | 1,336 (LV) | – | 43% | 36% | 21% | |
Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Donald Trump | Joe Biden | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Other / Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Biden withdraws from the race. | |||||||||
| Alaska Survey Research | data-sort-value=2023-10-18 | October 13–18, 2023 | 1,375 (LV) | – | 37% | 29% | 17% | 17% | |
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Joe Biden
| Party | Candidate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Republican | JD Vance | 184,458 | 54.54% | +1.71% | |
| Democratic | Tim Walz | 140,026 | 41.41% | -1.36% | |
| Independent | (withdrawn) Nicole Shanahan (withdrawn) | 5,670 | 1.68% | N/A | |
| Libertarian | Mike ter Maat | 3,040 | 0.90% | -2.38% | |
| Independent | Butch Ware | 2,342 | 0.69% | N/A | |
| Aurora | Melina Abdullah | 1,127 | 0.33% | N/A | |
| Constitution | Stephen Broden | 812 | 0.24% | -0.07% | |
| American Solidarity | Lauren Onak | 702 | 0.21% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 338,177 | 100.00% |