Happy Valley, AK is a small city located in the Alaskan interior. Despite its small size, there are many active political institutions operating within the city. The City of Happy Valley has an elected mayor and several city council members who serve to represent the diverse interests of its residents. In addition to these local politicians, Happy Valley's citizens also have access to state level representatives who are responsible for making laws that affect all Alaskans. Furthermore, the area is home to several political advocacy and activist organizations that aim to promote greater civic engagement among citizens. Whether it be on a local or statewide level, politics in Happy Valley are alive and well as residents work together to ensure their voices are heard in the decision-making process.
The political climate in Happy Valley, AK is moderately conservative.
Kenai Peninsula Borough County, AK is very conservative. In Kenai Peninsula Borough County, AK 31.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kenai Peninsula Borough remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.5% to 31.8%.
Kenai Peninsula county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Happy Valley, AK is moderately conservative.
Kenai Peninsula Borough County, Alaska is very 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.
Happy Valley, 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 Happy Valley, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 138 contributions totaling $4,975 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $10,192 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)