The politics of 99724 Beaver, AK are heavily influenced by the local community. The small town of just over 150 people has seen various political views expressed in recent years due to its rural location and diverse population. In regards to state level representatives, the Alaska Legislature is represented by Senator Mike Shower, a Republican from Delta Junction who was elected in 2018. At the federal level, Don Young (R) has been Alaska’s lone representative since 1973 and serves on both the House Appropriations and Natural Resources Committees. Locally, the mayor of Beaver is John Swanson who was elected in 2011. He was re-elected in 2015 and again in 2019 with no opposition. Swanson works closely with the City Council which consists of five members appointed by him for three year terms. Overall, the small town of 99724 Beaver strives to maintain an open dialogue about key issues facing their community and encourages active participation from all citizens in order to keep their leaders accountable for their decisions.
The political climate in Zip 99724 (Beaver, AK) is moderately conservative.
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area County, AK is strongly conservative. In Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area County, AK 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 5.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough flipped overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 34.4%.
Yukon-Koyukuk Borough flipped Republican in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Democratic in 2016, 2012 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99724 (Beaver, AK) is moderately conservative.
Beaver, Alaska is moderately conservative.
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area County, Alaska is strongly conservative.
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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.
Beaver, Alaska: D R R D D 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 99724 (Beaver)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)