Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK County is a large county located in the Alaska Interior. As an important part of the state’s political structure, Matanuska-Susitna Borough is represented by a nine-member Board of Supervisors who are elected by local residents in nonpartisan elections. The board sets overall policy and direction for the county, appoints department heads to manage county government departments, and acts as a legislative body for budget approval. The current Board of Supervisors consists of five Republicans and four Democrats. In addition to the supervisors, there are several local political candidates running for office in Matanuska-Susitna Borough this year including current Assembly Member Lynn Gattis, former Representative Tammie Wilson, and businessman John Holman. All three have long histories with the county’s politics and are well known in their respective districts. The election promises to be an exciting one as all of these candidates have strong support from their constituents and will provide new leadership for Matanuska-Susitna Borough into the future.
The political climate in Matanuska-Susitna Borough County, AK is very conservative.
In Matanuska-Susitna Borough County, AK 24.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Matanuska-Susitna Borough remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.2% to 24.7%.
Matanuska-Susitna county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Matanuska-Susitna Borough County, AK is very conservative.
Anchorage Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska: D R R R R R
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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Matanuska-Susitna Borough County, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,597 contributions totaling $126,304 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,744 contributions totaling $271,615 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)