Fishhook, AK is a small town located in the southwestern part of the state. It is home to a variety of people, businesses, and attractions. While the town is fairly small without much population, the politics are quite involved. Fishhook has its own local government and residents elect their representatives and leaders. Elections for mayor, city council, school board members, and other municipal offices are held regularly throughout the year. There are many local political candidates vying for these positions each election cycle. The residents of Fishhook take their civic duty seriously and turn out in large numbers to cast their votes for those who they think will make the best decisions for the town. This sense of civic pride helps keep Fishhook an enjoyable place to live.
The political climate in Fishhook, 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
Fishhook, 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.
Fishhook, 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 Fishhook, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,107 contributions totaling $100,100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,369 contributions totaling $218,721 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)