Big Lake, AK is a small town located in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough of Alaska. It has a rich history and strong sense of community among its residents. Politically, Big Lake follows the structure seen across most of Alaska, with representation from all levels of government from the local to the federal. At the local level, Big Lake is represented by members of their city council as well as representatives in their state legislature. In addition to this representation, Big Lake also has two representatives in Congress who work on behalf of their constituents to ensure their voices are heard at both state and national levels. All elected officials strive to serve Big Lake citizens by advocating for their interests and supporting initiatives that benefit everyone living there.
The political climate in Big Lake, AK is strongly conservative.
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
Big Lake, AK is strongly conservative.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough County, Alaska 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.
Big Lake, 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 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 Big Lake, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 638 contributions totaling $32,791 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 856 contributions totaling $136,252 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)