Mosquito Lake, AK is a small rural town with approximately 500 people living in the area. The politics of Mosquito Lake is represented by the local government, which is comprised of a Mayor and four Town Council members, all of whom are elected by the local residents. Every two years each council seat is up for re-election, giving residents an opportunity to be involved in their own political landscape. The Mayor and Council are responsible for setting policies and regulations that affect the community as a whole, such as zoning laws, public safety initiatives, and economic development projects. They work closely with state and federal agencies on matters related to their jurisdiction. Residents of Mosquito Lake have an active local government that addresses issues meaningful to them and takes steps to improve the quality of life in their community.
The political climate in Mosquito Lake, AK is moderately liberal.
Haines Borough County, AK is very liberal. In Haines Borough County, AK 68.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 27.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Haines Borough remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.4% to 27.8%.
Haines voted Democratic in 2020. 2016, 2012 and 2000, and Republican in 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mosquito Lake, AK is moderately liberal.
Haines Borough County, Alaska is very 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.
Mosquito Lake, 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 Mosquito Lake, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 566 contributions totaling $22,304 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $15,969 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)