The Fairbanks North Star Borough in Alaska County is represented by a variety of local, state, and national politicians. Local representatives include the Mayor and Assembly members, who are voted on by the residents of the borough during municipal elections. These elected officials are responsible for enacting legislation that benefits their constituents and providing necessary services within their jurisdiction. The State Legislature of Alaska is responsible for making laws that affect all Alaskans, while United States Congressmen represent the citizen’s interests in Washington D.C. All levels of politics are important to the well-being of Fairbanks North Star Borough as they all have an impact on how citizens live their daily lives. The success or failure of either can have long-lasting effects on its population, economy, and culture.
The political climate in 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
Fairbanks North Star Borough County, AK 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.
Fairbanks North Star Borough, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough County, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,835 contributions totaling $313,588 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,671 contributions totaling $338,610 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)