Metlakatla, Alaska is a small city located on an island in Southeast Alaska. It has a strong sense of community and its residents are proud of their heritage and culture. As is the case with most smaller towns and cities, local politics play an important role in Metlakatla. The City Council is made up of seven members that are elected to serve three-year terms. This council is responsible for making decisions about the town’s budget, infrastructure projects, and other issues that affect the daily lives of its citizens. In addition to the City Council, the Mayor serves as a leader for the town and helps ensure local laws are followed. Local elections are held every April when citizens vote for their preferred candidates and vote on initiatives such as property tax increases or bond measures. All in all, political engagement is high in Metlakatla and citizens take pride in participating in local decision-making processes.
The political climate in Metlakatla, AK is leaning conservative.
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area County, AK is leaning liberal. In Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area County, AK 49.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough remained narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 47.0%.
Prince of Wales-Hyder voted Democratic in 2020. 2016, 2012 and 2000, and Republican in 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Metlakatla, AK is leaning conservative.
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 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.
Metlakatla, Alaska: D R R d d 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 Metlakatla, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $3,215 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $2,860 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)