The politics of 99705 Badger, AK are heavily influenced by the state's vast natural resources and the local economy. The city is served by a mayor-council form of government which consists of an elected mayor and a six-member council. The Mayor is responsible for setting city policy and signing ordinances into law. The Badger City Council reviews, deliberates, and votes on matters pertaining to the general welfare and operation of the municipality. Beyond the local government, state representatives from both major political parties serve in Alaska’s legislature at the state level. In addition to this representation, members of both major parties serve in Congress as representatives for Alaska.
The political climate in Zip 99705 (Badger, AK) is somewhat conservative.
Fairbanks North Star Borough County, AK is somewhat conservative. In Fairbanks North Star Borough County, AK 41.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 5.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairbanks North Star Borough remained strongly Republican, 53.4% to 41.3%.
Fairbanks North Star county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99705 (Badger, AK) is somewhat conservative.
Badger, Alaska is somewhat conservative.
Fairbanks North Star Borough County, Alaska is somewhat conservative.
Fairbanks 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.
Badger, 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 99705 (Badger)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 160 contributions totaling $6,038 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 386 contributions totaling $46,756 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)