Trapper Creek, AK is a small town located in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough of Alaska. Although it has a small population of just over 2,000, the citizens are passionate and active when it comes to politics. Local political issues tend to center around topics such as education, infrastructure development, economic growth, and environmental protection. The local government is made up of elected officials from the community who work together to ensure that the needs and concerns of Trapper Creek's residents are heard and addressed. Political candidates running for office need to present their platform with a focus on how they plan to improve life in Trapper Creek. As a result, elections are often highly contested and generate a great deal of energy among the locals in this vibrant Alaskan community.
The political climate in Trapper Creek, AK is strongly conservative.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough County, AK is very conservative. In Matanuska-Susitna Borough County, AK 24.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Matanuska-Susitna Borough remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.2% to 24.7%.
Matanuska-Susitna county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Trapper Creek, AK is strongly conservative.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough County, Alaska is very conservative.
Anchorage Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Trapper Creek, 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 Trapper Creek, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 89 contributions totaling $1,921 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 148 contributions totaling $12,236 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)