Buffalo Soapstone, AK is a small Alaskan town with a population of around 1,500 people. Despite its small size, the town has an active local political environment in which residents can participate by voting in elections for city representatives and other local officials. Every four years, residents of Buffalo Soapstone gather to select their mayor and members of the city council, who work together to make important decisions regarding the town's finances and infrastructure. Additionally, Buffalo Soapstone residents have the opportunity to vote for state representatives who advocate on behalf of their community at the state level. Although there are no national candidates from Buffalo Soapstone, residents still take part in national elections as well, voting for representatives at all levels of government that will help shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Buffalo Soapstone, 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
Buffalo Soapstone, 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.
Buffalo Soapstone, 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 Buffalo Soapstone, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,612 contributions totaling $76,004 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 739 contributions totaling $116,728 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)