Port Alsworth, AK is a small town located in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of Alaska. It has a small population of approximately 120 residents who are mostly involved in subsistence activities such as fishing and hunting. Although Port Alsworth does not have any political candidates running for office, its citizens are very passionate about the politics in their community. People from Port Alsworth make sure their voices are heard through attending local meetings and voicing their opinions on issues that affect them such as education funding, public safety, healthcare access, and land use rights. The people of this small town continue to be politically active both locally and statewide by participating in voting initiatives, attending rallies for causes they believe in, or contacting representatives to voice their concerns.
The political climate in Port Alsworth, AK is leaning conservative.
Lake and Peninsula Borough County, AK is leaning liberal. In Lake and Peninsula Borough County, AK 49.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake and Peninsula Borough flipped Democratic, 49.5% to 45.6%.
Lake and Peninsula Borough flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016, 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Port Alsworth, AK is leaning conservative.
Lake and Peninsula 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.
Port Alsworth, 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 Port Alsworth, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $762 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $605 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $303 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)