Tenakee Springs, AK is a small town located in the Alaskan panhandle. The community has a population of just over 300 and its residents are committed to preserving its unique character and rural lifestyle. Politically, Tenakee Springs operates as an unincorporated home-rule town with the Mayor serving as the chief executive. The Town Council meets regularly to consider local legislative matters such as budget appropriations and land development regulations. All members of the council are elected by the citizens of Tenakee Springs who also have the option to vote for a delegate to represent them at the Alaska Legislature in Juneau. Given its remote location, most political issues in Tenakee Springs tend to be centered on maintaining local autonomy and protecting the environment.
The political climate in Tenakee Springs, AK is leaning conservative.
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area County, AK is leaning liberal. In Hoonah-Angoon Census Area County, AK 49.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hoonah-Angoon Borough flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 47.0%.
Hoonah-Angoon Borough flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016, 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tenakee Springs, AK is leaning conservative.
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 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.
Tenakee Springs, 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 Tenakee Springs, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $1,647 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 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)