The Juneau, AK Metro Area is represented by a mayor and an eight-member Assembly in the local government. The mayor is responsible for leading the executive branch of government and establishing policy for the community, while the Assembly serves in a legislative capacity. The current mayor of Juneau is Beth Weldon, who was sworn into office in 2019. The Assembly consists of seven members elected from each district within Juneau and one at-large representative elected by all constituents. Together, they create laws for the city, approve budgets, and confirm mayoral appointments. Additionally, residents of the Juneau Metro Area are eligible to vote in state elections for representatives to serve on Alaska’s State Legislature. Overall, there are many opportunities available to citizens of the Juneau Metro Area to participate in their local and state government.
The political climate in Juneau Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In Juneau Metro Area 53.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Juneau metro area flipped strongly Democratic, 53.4% to 42.1%.
The Juneau metro area flipped Democratic in most recent Presidential election (2016 and 2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Juneau Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Juneau, Alaska: d R D D R 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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Juneau Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,136 contributions totaling $585,466 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 840 contributions totaling $203,788 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)