Cantwell, Alaska is a small town located in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough of Southcentral Alaska. It is a rural community with a unique local political environment. With a population of less than 100 citizens, Cantwell has one representative on the Borough Assembly and several members on the Community Council who are elected by local voters every two years. These representatives are tasked with helping to shape the laws and ordinances that govern daily life in Cantwell. The local politics in Cantwell focus on issues that impact its residents, such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development. With their dedication and hard work, these representatives strive to ensure that Cantwell remains an excellent place to live and work for its citizens.
The political climate in Cantwell, AK is moderately conservative.
Denali Borough County, AK is strongly conservative. In Denali Borough County, AK 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 5.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Denali Borough flipped overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 34.4%.
Denali county flipped Republican in most recent Presidential election (2004 also went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cantwell, AK is moderately conservative.
Denali Borough County, Alaska is strongly 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.
Cantwell, Alaska: D R d D D 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 Cantwell, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 453 contributions totaling $61,716 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $11,277 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $289 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)