King Salmon, AK is a small community located on the banks of the Naknek River in Southwest Alaska. The city is governed by a mayor, four council members, and nine assembly members who are elected by residents and serve staggered three-year terms. Each year, local candidates compete to fill these positions and citizens have the right to vote for their candidate of choice. The government works together to ensure that King Salmon's needs are met and the city continues to grow. The politics in King Salmon often focus on issues such as economic development, public safety, education funding, and environmental conservation. These topics come up frequently in debates between candidates as they try to convince voters of their respective visions for the future of the city. As such, it is important for residents to be knowledgeable about local politics so that they can make an informed decision when it comes time to cast their vote.
The political climate in King Salmon, AK is leaning liberal.
Bristol Bay Borough County, AK is leaning liberal. In Bristol Bay Borough County, AK 49.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bristol Bay Borough flipped Democratic, 49.5% to 45.6%.
Bristol Bay Borough flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016, 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
King Salmon, AK is leaning liberal.
Bristol Bay Borough County, Alaska is leaning liberal.
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.
King Salmon, Alaska: D R R D R d
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 King Salmon, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $592 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $296 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $4,975 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)