The politics of Anchorage, AK is largely reflective of the larger political dynamics in Alaska. Anchorage is a heavily Republican-leaning state, with the Republican Party dominating most of the local elected offices including the mayor and city council. The city is currently represented in Congress by Don Young, a Republican who has held the seat since 1973. On the state level, Republicans also dominate both chambers of the legislature. As for local politics, Anchorage residents are able to vote in municipal elections that decide on positions such as mayor and other members of the city council. Candidates from all across the political spectrum can compete for these posts, with several candidates usually contesting each election cycle. In recent years, there have been efforts to diversify the pool of candidates running for office in order to better reflect Anchorage's increasingly diverse population.
The political climate in Zip 99507 (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 99507 (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 99507 (Anchorage)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,747 contributions totaling $258,219 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 717 contributions totaling $197,503 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)