The small community of 99612 King Cove, AK is governed by a mayor and city council. The mayor is elected for a two-year term and the city council members are elected to serve four-year terms. The current mayor of King Cove has been in office since 2017 and works with the city council to ensure that the town's municipal services are effective and efficient. Every few years, as elections come around, new candidates present themselves for the mayoral and city council positions. These candidates must demonstrate their commitment to the betterment of King Cove, its citizens, and its long-term sustainability. During election season, residents get together to discuss the merits of each candidate in order to select those most qualified for positions on the town's government.
The political climate in Zip 99612 (King Cove, AK) is leaning conservative.
Aleutians East Borough County, AK is leaning liberal. In Aleutians East Borough County, AK 49.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Aleutians East Borough remained Democratic, 49.5% to 45.6%.
Aleutians East voted Democratic in 2020. 2016, 2012 and 2000, and Republican in 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99612 (King Cove, AK) is leaning conservative.
King Cove, Alaska is leaning conservative.
Aleutians East Borough County, Alaska is leaning liberal.
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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.
King Cove, 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 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 zip 99612 (King Cove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,047 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $349 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)