The politics in Skagway Municipality, AK County are largely dominated by the Republican party. This is due to its location in a traditionally conservative state which continues to hold strong to its values and beliefs. The municipality has elected several prominent members of the Republican party over the years, including Senator Lisa Murkowski who was re-elected in 2020. Issues that are important to residents of Skagway include protecting the environment, creating economic development, and promoting tourism in order to bring more jobs and income into the area. Residents also focus on improving public safety and infrastructure for better roads, schools, healthcare services, and public transportation. Other issues being debated include taxation laws, property rights, gun control laws, and other social issues that affect local communities throughout Alaska. With ongoing debates surrounding these issues in the municipality’s political landscape, it is clear that residents of Skagway care deeply about their community's future and want their voices heard when it comes to making decisions about how to move forward as a county.
The political climate in Skagway Municipality County, AK is very liberal.
In Skagway Municipality County, AK 68.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 27.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Skagway Municipality Borough flipped overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.4% to 27.8%.
Skagway Municipality Borough flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016, 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Skagway Municipality County, AK is very 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.
Skagway Municipality, 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 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 Skagway Municipality County, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 303 contributions totaling $27,600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $5,910 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)