The politics of 99540 Anchorage, AK are important to many people in the local area. This is a diverse city with residents from all walks of life, and its political landscape has many different opinions. Anchorage is part of Alaska’s 16th District which is served by Don Young who has been a member of the U.S House of Representatives since 1973 and is the longest serving Republican in Congress. In addition to Don Young, other representatives for the local area include Senator Lisa Murkowski and Senator Dan Sullivan. The mayor of Anchorage is Ethan Berkowitz, who was re-elected in 2019. Aside from these elected officials, there are also several candidates running for office in 2020 that could potentially affect the political landscape of Anchorage. These include outsiders such as Alyse Galvin who ran against Don Young for Alaska's at-large congressional district in 2018 as well as current state representatives like Chris Tuck and Liz Snyder who are running in 2020 for re-election. In order to stay informed about politics in 99540 Anchorage, AK it is important for residents to keep abreast of changes happening at both the federal and state level.
The political climate in Zip 99540 (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 99540 (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 99540 (Anchorage)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 65 contributions totaling $3,848 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $70 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)