Klukwan is a small village located in the Chilkat Valley of Southeast Alaska. Despite its small size, it is an important part of local politics and has been home to many prominent public figures. The village's traditional government includes a council made up of ten elders who are elected by the residents every two years. This council works together to make decisions for the entire community, such as allocating funds for community projects and enforcing rules and regulations. Additionally, Klukwan has representatives in both the state and federal legislatures who are responsible for bringing the needs of their constituents to these higher levels of government. Klukwan is proud of its political heritage and continues to be active in local, state, and federal politics in order to ensure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Klukwan, AK is leaning conservative.
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area County, AK is leaning liberal. In Hoonah-Angoon Census Area County, AK 49.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hoonah-Angoon Borough flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 47.0%.
Hoonah-Angoon Borough flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016, 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Klukwan, AK is leaning conservative.
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area County, Alaska is leaning 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.
Klukwan, Alaska: D R r 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 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 Klukwan, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 566 contributions totaling $22,304 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $15,969 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)