The small town of Ninilchik, Alaska (99639) is located along the Kenai Peninsula on the shores of Cook Inlet. The town is governed by an elected mayor and a council that consists of five members. Elections are held every two years for any position that is up for election. Ninilchik is known as a conservative region and many candidates running for office in the area tend to be somewhat more conservative than those in other parts of Alaska. As such, many residents in Ninilchik take their electoral process seriously as it ensures that their voices are heard and respected by their local representatives. Despite its small population, Ninilchik’s politics have been relatively active over the past few decades and local citizens take pride in engaging with politics and staying informed about the issues affecting them both locally and nationally.
The political climate in Zip 99639 (Ninilchik, AK) is strongly conservative.
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
Zip 99639 (Ninilchik, AK) is strongly conservative.
Ninilchik, Alaska is strongly conservative.
Kenai Peninsula Borough County, Alaska 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.
Ninilchik, 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 zip 99639 (Ninilchik)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $2,411 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,501 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)