Wales, Alaska is a small rural community located in Southeast Alaska. It is home to a population of less than 1,000 people and has experienced a recent surge of development due to the booming local fishing and tourism industry. Wales is part of the Aleutians East Borough, which is governed by an elected mayor and five council members from across the borough that are elected at-large. Additionally, there are three representatives for the communities within the borough that serve on the borough assembly. Despite its small size, politics in Wales plays a significant role in shaping its future. Local elections are held every four years to determine who will lead the borough and represent Wales in various decision-making processes. The local political candidates for these positions typically come from within the community or have close ties to it, making their decisions especially relevant to Wales as a whole.
The political climate in Wales, AK is somewhat liberal.
Nome Census Area County, AK is strongly liberal. In Nome Census Area County, AK 60.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 6.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nome Borough remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.4% to 32.7%.
Nome county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wales, AK is somewhat liberal.
Nome 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.
Wales, Alaska: d R d 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 Wales, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)