Meadow Lakes, Alaska is a small town located in the southeastern part of the state. Although it has a small population, there is an active and vibrant political scene. Local elections are held every two years and involve positions such as mayor, city council members, and school board members. These local elections are highly contested and hotly debated by residents of Meadow Lakes. Candidates must have the support of many people in order to be elected to office. Campaigns often revolve around issues like education, infrastructure, public safety, and economic development. Residents of Meadow Lakes take their civic duty of voting for these local offices seriously as they understand that their vote helps shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Meadow Lakes, 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
Meadow Lakes, 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.
Meadow Lakes, 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 Meadow Lakes, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 545 contributions totaling $26,125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 802 contributions totaling $116,994 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)