Karluk, Alaska is a small rural community located on the west coast of Kodiak Island. The politics in Karluk are mainly shaped by local leadership and the decisions of the City Council. The City Council is comprised of five members, all of whom are elected to represent their constituents and make important decisions that affect the daily lives of those living in Karluk. The Council also works with other local organizations to advocate for resources that benefit its citizens. These include providing funding to support public safety, infrastructure, education, and economic development initiatives. Additionally, the City Council encourages meaningful civic engagement within the community by hosting regular meetings throughout the year to allow citizens to voice their opinions and ideas concerning the state of affairs in Karluk. Through these meetings, citizens are able to directly interact with local decision makers and have their concerns addressed in a timely manner.
The political climate in Karluk, AK is somewhat conservative.
Kodiak Island Borough County, AK is somewhat conservative. In Kodiak Island Borough County, AK 41.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 5.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kodiak Island Borough remained strongly Republican, 53.1% to 41.9%.
Kodiak Island county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Karluk, AK is somewhat conservative.
Kodiak Island Borough County, Alaska 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.
Karluk, 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 Karluk, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 839 contributions totaling $45,215 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 144 contributions totaling $23,366 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)