Kenai, AK is a small town located in south-central Alaska. It has a strong political culture, with residents who actively participate in local, state, and national elections. Local politics in Kenai are largely focused on issues that affect the community such as public safety, infrastructure, and economic development. Residents of Kenai have an opportunity to get involved in local politics by attending city council meetings or running for office. Political candidates often focus on creating policies that will help strengthen the local economy and provide better services for residents. The citizens of Kenai tend to be passionate about their political views and take pride in their ability to make their voices heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Kenai, 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
Kenai, 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.
Kenai, 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 Kenai, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 452 contributions totaling $42,831 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 285 contributions totaling $86,541 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $304 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)