Anchorage, Alaska is part of the 99504 zip code area. It is the largest city in Alaska and has a population of over 300,000 people. Politically, Anchorage is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Don Young and in the United States Senate by Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan. On the local level, Anchorage's government is divided into five parts: Mayor, Assembly, Schools Board, Planning & Zoning Commission and Equal Rights Commission. The mayor is elected every four years and there are eleven members on the Assembly who are responsible for creating ordinances and laws that govern the city. The School Board oversees all public schools within Anchorage while the Planning & Zoning Commission makes decisions about land use in Anchorage. Finally, the Equal Rights Commission ensures civil rights are respected throughout Anchorage. These positions are filled through local elections which take place regularly throughout Anchorage.
The political climate in Zip 99504 (Anchorage, AK) is leaning liberal.
Anchorage Municipality County, AK is leaning liberal. In Anchorage Municipality County, AK 49.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Anchorage Municipality flipped Democratic, 49.5% to 46.4%.
Anchorage Municipality flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in 2016, 2012, 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99504 (Anchorage, AK) is leaning liberal.
Anchorage, Alaska is leaning liberal.
Anchorage Municipality County, Alaska is leaning liberal.
Anchorage 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.
Anchorage, Alaska: D R R r 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 zip 99504 (Anchorage)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,193 contributions totaling $294,628 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 646 contributions totaling $71,746 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)