Selawik, AK is a small town located in Alaska's Northwest Arctic Borough. Located on the Selawik River, the town has a population of roughly 800 people and is primarily inhabited by indigenous Iñupiat people. Politically, Selawik is managed by an elected mayor and city council. The city council is made up of nine council members elected to two-year terms. Every two years, the citizens of Selawik cast their votes to decide who will represent them in local government. In addition, residents can elect their representatives to serve on the Northwest Arctic Borough Assembly which governs larger geographic areas within the borough. Overall, politics in Selawik are largely determined by its citizens’ collective opinion as decisions are made through regular elections at both local and regional levels.
The political climate in Selawik, AK is leaning conservative.
Northwest Arctic Borough County, AK is leaning liberal. In Northwest Arctic Borough County, AK 50.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 6.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Northwest Arctic Borough remained moderately Democratic, 50.1% to 43.1%.
Northwest Arctic voted Democratic in 2020. 2016, 2012 and 2000, and Republican in 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Selawik, AK is leaning conservative.
Northwest Arctic 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.
Selawik, 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 Selawik, 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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)