Kotzebue, Alaska is a remote city located in the Northwest Arctic Borough of Alaska. It is the largest community above the Arctic Circle and has a long history of self-governance. The city relies on traditional knowledge and values to shape its political decisions, and local leadership works hard to ensure that the culture remains strong. Residents of Kotzebue elect leaders to chair their City Council, School Board, and Rural Utility Council and these leaders collaborate on issues pertaining to education, public safety, health services, and infrastructure. In addition, Kotzebue is part of the North Slope Borough which provides a variety of services including economic development projects that benefit both urban and rural communities. Local political candidates are committed to supporting traditional ways of life while also working towards modern progress for the citizens.
The political climate in Kotzebue, AK is leaning liberal.
Northwest Arctic Borough County, AK is leaning liberal. In Northwest Arctic Borough County, AK 50.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 6.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Northwest Arctic Borough remained moderately Democratic, 50.1% to 43.1%.
Northwest Arctic voted Democratic in 2020. 2016, 2012 and 2000, and Republican in 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kotzebue, AK is leaning liberal.
Northwest Arctic Borough 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.
Kotzebue, Alaska: D R R D D 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 Kotzebue, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 872 contributions totaling $29,631 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $4,020 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $251 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)