Port Graham, Alaska is a small fishing village located on the Kenai Peninsula. This community is home to the Alutiiq people who have a unique culture and strong connection to the land that dates back centuries. The politics of Port Graham are largely focused on issues that directly affect its inhabitants. These include preserving and protecting traditional hunting and fishing rights, advocating for better healthcare services, improving public safety and infrastructure, as well as providing housing opportunities for local residents. The Alutiiq Tribe of Port Graham works to ensure that these issues are addressed by engaging with local, regional, and state governments. In addition, Port Graham holds regular elections for local political representatives who advocate for their constituents in government settings. By doing so, the citizens of Port Graham are able to maintain their cultural identity while also having their voices heard in the political arena.
The political climate in Port Graham, AK is strongly conservative.
Kenai Peninsula Borough County, AK is very conservative. In Kenai Peninsula Borough County, AK 31.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kenai Peninsula Borough remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.5% to 31.8%.
Kenai Peninsula county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Port Graham, AK is strongly conservative.
Kenai Peninsula Borough County, Alaska is very 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.
Port Graham, 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 Port Graham, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,144 contributions totaling $79,807 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 157 contributions totaling $29,897 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)