The Northwest Arctic Borough in Alaska County is a largely rural area, characterized by its small towns and Native Alaskan villages. The politics of the region are driven by the local community and its values. Issues such as education, infrastructure development, healthcare access, access to resources, and environmental protection are core topics for citizens of the Northwest Arctic Borough. Local leaders strive to represent these issues in their platforms and ensure that the needs of all members of the community are met. The county has an elected mayor and assembly that work together to create policies that will benefit all citizens of the Northwest Arctic Borough. These representatives also work with state and federal officials to keep lines of communication open between local community members and outside sources. All together, these representatives provide effective public service for the communities within this rural borough.
The political climate in 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
Northwest Arctic Borough County, AK is leaning liberal.
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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.
Northwest Arctic Borough, 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 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 Northwest Arctic Borough County, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 906 contributions totaling $31,175 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $4,070 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)