Issues Several of Trump's environmental policies involved loosening restrictions on energy, hunting, and mining in Alaska: he instructed the
Department of Agriculture to exempt
Tongass National Forest from logging restrictions; supported the construction of
Pebble Mine, an unpopular
gold and
copper mine in
Bristol Bay (though the permit was ultimately denied); rolled back limits on hunters in
federal land in Alaska; and
opened the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling. While these policies expanded their respective industries, they were met with opposition among environmental groups and the
Gwich'in, whose sacred land is partly within the refuge. Biden pledged to reverse several of Trump's climate policies and address the
climate crisis, and he enacted a temporary moratorium on gas and oil leasing in the ANWR after being
inaugurated on January 20, 2021. Trump's environmental and gun policy also included reviving hunting techniques in Alaska, an action condemned by several animal rights groups.
Final predictions Polling Graphical summary Aggregate polls Polls Donald Trump vs. Pete Buttigieg Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris Donald Trump vs. Bernie Sanders Donald Trump vs. Elizabeth Warren Fundraising According to the
Federal Election Commission, in 2019 and 2020, of the candidates who were on the ballot,
Donald Trump and his interest groups raised $1,487,277.13,
Joe Biden raised $1,321,242.60, and
Jo Jorgensen raised $7,420.85 from
Alaska-based contributors.
Don Blankenship,
Brock Pierce, and
Rocky De La Fuente, all of which were on the ballot, did not raise any money from the state.
Candidate ballot access •
Donald Trump /
Mike Pence,
Republican •
Joe Biden /
Kamala Harris,
Democratic •
Jo Jorgensen /
Spike Cohen,
Libertarian •
Jesse Ventura /
Cynthia McKinney,
Green •
Don Blankenship /
William Mohr,
Constitution •
Brock Pierce / Karla Ballard,
Independent •
Rocky De La Fuente / Darcy Richardson,
Alliance In addition, write-in candidates were required to file a Declaration of Intent with the Alaska Division of Elections at least five days before the election. They were also obligated to file a financial disclosure statement. Write-in votes were not counted individually. The following candidates were given write-in access: • Dennis Andrew Ball / Richard A. Sanders, American Party of America – American National Committee • Barbara Ruth Bellar / Kendra Bryant, Republican • President R19 Boddie / Eric C. Stoneham, Independent • David C. Byrne / Tony N. Reed, C.C.U.S.A. •
Brian T. Carroll /
Amar Patel,
American Solidarity • Todd Cella / Timothy Bryan "Tim" Cella, Independent •
Mark Robert Charles / Adrian D. Wallace, Independent • Ryan Stephen Ehrenreich / Veronica Ehrenreich, Independent •
Howard "Howie" Gresham Hawkins /
Angela Nicola Walker,
Socialist Party USA •
Thomas "Tom" Hoefling / Andy Prior, Independent • Shawn W. Howard / Alyssa C. Howard, Independent •
Dario David Hunter /
Dawn Neptune Adams, Progressive • Joseph W. "Joe" McHugh / Elizabeth "Liz" Storm, Independent • Albert L. Raley / Darlene Raley, Republican • Deborah Ann "Debbie" Rouse / Sheila Maria Cannon, Independent • Jade Simmons / Claudeliah J. "CJ" Roze, Independent • Mary Ruth Caro Simmons / Sherrie Dow, Independent • Ajay Sood / Richard Mende, Independent • Sheila "Samm" Tittle / John Wagner, Independent • Kasey J. Wells / Rachel M. Wells, Independent •
Kanye West /
Michelle Tidball, Independent • Demetra Jefferson Wysinger / Cedric D. Jefferson, WXYZ New Day
Electoral slates The voters of
Alaska cast their ballots for electors, or representatives to the
Electoral College, rather than directly for the President and Vice President. Alaska is allocated 3 electors because it has 1
congressional district and 2
senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 3 electors who pledge to vote for their candidate and their running mate. Whoever wins the most votes in the state is awarded all 3 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than their candidate is known as a
faithless elector. In the state of Alaska, a faithless elector's vote is counted and not penalized. The electors of each state and the
District of Columbia met on December 14, 2020, to cast their votes for president and vice president. All 3 pledged electors from Alaska cast their votes for
President Donald Trump and
Vice President Mike Pence. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead, the electors from each state and the District of Columbia meet in their respective state capitals (the District of Columbia electors meet within the District). The electoral vote was
tabulated and certified by Congress in a
joint session on January 6, 2021, per the
Electoral Count Act. These electors were nominated by each party in order to vote in the Electoral College should their candidate win the state:
Delay in results As expected, there was a nationwide delay in reporting election results, due to the extreme influx of
absentee and
mail-in ballots as a public health measure in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic. In Alaska, these delays were especially severe. Alaska mailed absentee ballot applications to every voter aged 65 and over. Mail-in ballots only needed to be
postmarked by Election Day and received by November 13 (November 18 for
overseas voters), further delaying the count. Only early votes cast before October 29 and Election Day votes would be released on Election Night and the state could not even begin the counting of absentee ballots nor the remaining early votes until November 10. Alaska and
New York are the only two states to begin counting absentee ballots after Election Day. Gail Felunumiai, Alaska's Director of Elections, attributed the delay to the need to verify that voters who voted by mail and also at their polling places did not have their ballots counted twice. The delay in counting left many races undecided for weeks. The extreme rural nature of the state only worsened the delay: with many local communities being accessible only by boat or plane, seven communities had to vote entirely by absentee ballots in the primary due to a last-minute shortage of election workers. 4 days after
President-elect Biden won the national election. ==Results==