Port Heiden, AK is a small fishing village with a population of about 522 people. Located on the western edge of Alaska's Aleutian Island Chain, Port Heiden is a hub for local fishermen and subsistence hunters. Its political system consists of an elected Mayor and City Council that are responsible for making decisions that affect the lives of residents in the community. The Mayor and Council strive to ensure that Port Heiden remains a safe, prosperous, and enjoyable place to live. Issues such as public safety, infrastructure development, health care access, social services provision, economic development opportunities, and environmental protection are some of their major focuses. The current mayor is James \"Buddy\" Tobuk who has been in office since 2015. Additionally, several other members make up the City Council including Shane Kvasnikoff (Vice Mayor), Robert Nelson (Council Member), and Tanisha Abyo (Council Member). Together they work to create policies that benefit the citizens of Port Heiden while promoting growth within the community.
The political climate in Port Heiden, AK is leaning conservative.
Lake and Peninsula Borough County, AK is leaning liberal. In Lake and Peninsula Borough County, AK 49.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake and Peninsula Borough flipped Democratic, 49.5% to 45.6%.
Lake and Peninsula Borough flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016, 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Port Heiden, AK is leaning conservative.
Lake and Peninsula Borough 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.
Port Heiden, Alaska: D R R D r 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 Port Heiden, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $5,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)