Cooper Landing, Alaska is a small community located in the Kenai Peninsula Borough. It is a relatively quiet area with no major political figures, as it has less than 500 residents. Instead, Cooper Landing's government is made up of several local entities that allow its citizens to have a voice in their own community. The Cooper Landing City Council, for example, is responsible for discussing and making decisions on matters like taxation and public safety. Additionally, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly acts as a legislative body that passes laws and regulations affecting the area and its people. The local election process also provides an opportunity for citizens to become involved in politics by electing representatives to serve on both these boards. All in all, Cooper Landing offers its residents a small-town feel with many ways to stay politically engaged and have their voices heard.
The political climate in Cooper Landing, AK is moderately conservative.
Kenai Peninsula Borough County, AK is very conservative. In Kenai Peninsula Borough County, AK 31.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kenai Peninsula Borough remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.5% to 31.8%.
Kenai Peninsula county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cooper Landing, AK is moderately conservative.
Kenai Peninsula Borough County, Alaska is very 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.
Cooper Landing, 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 Cooper Landing, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,197 contributions totaling $31,580 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $20,935 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)