Tetlin, AK is a small rural community located in Southeast Alaska. It is an unincorporated community with no local government or elected officials. While the citizens of Tetlin do not have any formal local political representation, they are still highly engaged in state and national politics. The issues that affect Tetlin are many, ranging from hunting and fishing rights to economic development and education. Through various forms of civic engagement, the people of Tetlin strive to ensure their voices are heard on important matters that affect their way of life. As such, the politics of Alaska has the ability to have a direct impact on those living in Tetlin.
The political climate in Tetlin, AK is moderately conservative.
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area County, AK is strongly conservative. In Southeast Fairbanks Census Area County, AK 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 5.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Southeast Fairbanks Borough remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 34.4%.
Southeast Fairbanks county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tetlin, AK is moderately conservative.
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area County, Alaska is strongly 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.
Tetlin, 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 Tetlin, 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 11 contributions totaling $2,005 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)