Politics in 99518 Anchorage, AK are largely shaped by the members of the Alaska House of Representatives and the Alaska Senate. These state legislators work to create and pass laws that affect all Alaskans, including those living in 99518 Anchorage, AK. The city itself is also served by a mayor and an eleven-member assembly that make decisions on local issues such as taxes, public safety, infrastructure, and more. While voters in the area have the opportunity to choose their representatives in both state and local elections, it is important to remember that politics at the state level ultimately determine many aspects of life for residents of 99518 Anchorage, AK.
The political climate in Zip 99518 (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 99518 (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 99518 (Anchorage)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 257 contributions totaling $42,778 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 120 contributions totaling $63,153 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $526 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)