Kongiganak, AK is a small Alaskan town located in the Bethel Census Area. Politics play an important role in the lives of the people who live here. The local government consists of a mayor and city council members who work to create policies and maintain public services for the community. These politicians are elected by the citizens of Kongiganak in regular elections held every two years. The local government also works to advocate for the needs and interests of the people of Kongiganak on topics like infrastructure, public safety, education, health care, and economic development. In addition to municipal politics, residents are also engaged in state-level politics as Alaska is represented by two senators and one representative in Congress. As such, Kongiganak’s citizens interact with their state representatives regularly to ensure their voices are heard at a higher level. Overall, politics plays an important role in shaping life in Kongiganak on both a local and state level.
The political climate in Kongiganak, AK is somewhat liberal.
Bethel Census Area County, AK is strongly liberal. In Bethel Census Area County, AK 60.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 7.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bethel Borough flipped overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.0% to 32.6%.
Bethel county flipped Democratic in most recent Presidential election (2016 and 2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kongiganak, AK is somewhat liberal.
Bethel Census Area County, Alaska is strongly 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.
Kongiganak, Alaska: d R D 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 Kongiganak, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 244 contributions totaling $16,790 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $2,904 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $415 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)