College, AK is a small town located in the northern part of Alaska. It has a relatively small population and is considered a rural area. Despite its size, the community is active politically with local groups organizing events and engaging citizens in political discourse. There are a number of different organizations that advocate for policies beneficial to College and its residents. For instance, there is the Community Outreach Organization which works to bring together citizens of all ages to discuss their concerns and come up with potential solutions. Additionally, there are several local candidates running for office in the upcoming election cycle. These candidates have different ideas about how to best serve the needs of College residents, so it will be interesting to see who comes out on top in order to represent the people of College in government.
The political climate in College, AK is leaning conservative.
Fairbanks North Star Borough County, AK is somewhat conservative. In Fairbanks North Star Borough County, AK 41.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 5.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairbanks North Star Borough remained strongly Republican, 53.4% to 41.3%.
Fairbanks North Star county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
College, AK is leaning conservative.
Fairbanks North Star Borough County, Alaska is somewhat conservative.
Fairbanks 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.
College, 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 College, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,503 contributions totaling $171,503 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 741 contributions totaling $155,597 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)