Knik River, Alaska, is a small town located just outside of Anchorage. Despite its small size, the town has an active local political scene. Knik River residents have the opportunity to get involved in politics and play a part in shaping their community. Elections are held each year for various local offices including mayor, city council, school board, and other positions. Local candidates often campaign on promises that include improving infrastructure, increasing job opportunities and creating more recreational activities for residents. Political debates are common throughout the election season as citizens discuss their differences of opinion on major issues affecting their town. The citizens of Knik River take an active role in deciding the future of their community and proudly stand together to ensure that all voices are heard when it comes to important decisions.
The political climate in Knik River, 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
Knik River, 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.
Knik River, 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 Knik River, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,612 contributions totaling $76,004 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 739 contributions totaling $116,728 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)