South Van Horn, AK is a small rural town located on the southeast coast of Alaska. While it may be small in population size, its local politics are just as important as any other large city or town. The community of South Van Horn, AK has a strong sense of pride in their local government and its officials. Local government officials are elected by the people in the town and strive to ensure that all citizens have access to resources and services they need. In addition, these elected officials work together to create and maintain a safe and healthy living environment for all who reside in this small Alaskan community. South Van Horn, AK prides itself on having a caring and devoted political leadership dedicated to making sure that all citizens’ rights are respected and upheld.
The political climate in South Van Horn, AK is leaning conservative.
Fairbanks North Star Borough County, AK is somewhat conservative. In Fairbanks North Star Borough County, AK 41.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 5.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairbanks North Star Borough remained strongly Republican, 53.4% to 41.3%.
Fairbanks North Star county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Van Horn, AK is leaning conservative.
Fairbanks North Star Borough County, Alaska is somewhat conservative.
Fairbanks Metro Area is somewhat 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.
South Van Horn, 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 South Van Horn, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,886 contributions totaling $251,901 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,004 contributions totaling $213,958 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)