does alaska typically go blue in presidential elections? just remember its a huge land mass with very few people there, and it could have one county (like many states) that turns the whole thing one way or the other..
Alaska became a state in 1959.
Alaska has voted blue exactly one time since then, 1964.
In 1960, Nixon won Alaska by only a few hundred votes, and at that time, it looked as if Alaska could turn into another Hawaii, perpetually blue.
But by 1968, Alaska had its head screwed on straight, and it's stayed screwed on since then.