The town of Barrow, AK, with the zip code 99723, is the northernmost city in the United States. It has a unique political environment and voting population due to its remote location. Being so far away from other cities and towns, Barrow has limited access to resources and local services. This means that political candidates must be conscious of how their platforms can provide services for this small community. Issues such as infrastructure, welfare and economic stability are all important considerations for the residents of Barrow when choosing who they want to represent them in office. Additionally, as a predominantly Native American town, it is important for candidates to consider how they can ensure that Native Americans have access to resources and representation in government.
The political climate in Zip 99723 (Barrow, AK) is leaning liberal.
North Slope Borough County, AK is leaning liberal. In North Slope Borough County, AK 50.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 6.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, North Slope Borough remained moderately Democratic, 50.1% to 43.1%.
North Slope voted Democratic in 2020. 2016, 2012 and 2000, and Republican in 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99723 (Barrow, AK) is leaning liberal.
Barrow, Alaska is leaning liberal.
North Slope Borough County, Alaska is leaning liberal.
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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.
Barrow, Alaska: D R R D D 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 99723 (Barrow)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 201 contributions totaling $9,755 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $3,795 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)