The Kenai Peninsula Borough (KPB) in Alaska County is a vibrant and diverse community. The area has a wide range of political opinions and views, with much of the debate centering on local government decisions such as the allocation of resources, public safety initiatives, and educational policies. On the local level, KPB's government structure consists of its Board of Supervisors, which is composed of seven members elected by district for four-year terms. In addition to this board, the residents of the borough vote in regularly scheduled elections to fill various seats in positions such as Mayor and Assembly Members. The current Mayor is Charlie Pierce and most recently, KPB held an election for several seats on the Assembly including District 3 & 4 Assemblymember Larry Persily and District 1 & 2 Assemblymember Wayne Ogle. With their diverse backgrounds in economics, finance, education, law enforcement, public policy making and more—these individuals are tasked with tackling important issues that affect all residents of KPB.
The political climate in Kenai Peninsula Borough County, AK is very conservative.
In Kenai Peninsula Borough County, AK 31.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kenai Peninsula Borough remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.5% to 31.8%.
Kenai Peninsula county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kenai Peninsula Borough County, AK is very conservative.
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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.
Kenai Peninsula 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 Kenai Peninsula Borough County, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,082 contributions totaling $221,167 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,212 contributions totaling $286,360 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)