Dot Lake Village, AK is a small, rural community located in the interior of Alaska. The village is governed by a Mayor-council form of government. The Mayor, elected by the community members, serves as the administrative head and is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day activities of the town. The council is made up of seven members who are also elected by the community members to represent their interests. Together, they work to ensure that the residents of Dot Lake Village have access to quality services such as public safety, education and recreation opportunities. Additionally, they strive to make sure that important decisions regarding infrastructure and economic growth are made thoughtfully and with consideration for all stakeholders. Dot Lake Village prides itself on its commitment to participatory democracy through transparent decision making process and open dialogue between citizens and their elected representatives.
The political climate in Dot Lake Village, AK is moderately conservative.
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area County, AK is strongly conservative. In Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 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, Southeast Fairbanks Borough remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 34.4%.
Southeast Fairbanks county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dot Lake Village, AK is moderately conservative.
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 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.
Dot Lake Village, 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 Dot Lake Village, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 184 contributions totaling $12,356 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $12,730 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)