Sitka, Alaska is a small city located on Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska. This beautiful seaside town boasts stunning views of nearby mountains and its harbor, and is home to some of the most vibrant wildlife in the region. Despite its size, Sitka has an active political climate with many important local issues that affect citizens on a day-to-day basis. It is represented at both the state and federal levels by elected officials who care deeply about the community and strive to ensure its citizens have access to quality services and infrastructure. There are several organizations dedicated to improving civic engagement in Sitka, such as the Sitka Civic League which works to make sure residents are informed about local politics and are encouraged to vote in every election. Additionally, there are several initiatives underway to improve economic opportunity for all members of the community, including efforts to increase tourism and create jobs for local residents. In short, Sitka's active political climate ensures that its citizens can remain involved and engaged in their local government no matter how small the city may be.
The political climate in Sitka, AK is leaning conservative.
Sitka City and Borough County, AK is leaning liberal. In Sitka City and Borough County, AK 49.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sitka City and Borough remained narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 47.0%.
Sitka City and Borough voted Democratic in 2020. 2016, 2012 and 2000, and Republican in 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sitka, AK is leaning conservative.
Sitka City and Borough County, Alaska is leaning liberal.
Alaska is somewhat conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Sitka, Alaska: D R r D d d
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Sitka, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,913 contributions totaling $87,771 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 216 contributions totaling $55,131 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)