The small village of Chefornak, Alaska, located in zip code 99561, is home to a community of around 600 residents. Politically, the village is an unincorporated part of the Bethel Census Area in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region. Although the village does not have its own local candidates for political office, residents are represented at the state level by Republican Senator Donny Olson and Independent Representative Zach Fansler in the state legislature. At the national level, residents are represented by Congressman Don Young and U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan. The village is a largely conservative area with a strong focus on faith-based values. As such, most of its citizens tend to vote along party lines and express support for conservative ideals like smaller government, lower taxes and personal responsibility.
The political climate in Zip 99561 (Chefornak, AK) is moderately liberal.
Bethel Census Area County, AK is strongly liberal. In Bethel Census Area County, AK 60.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 7.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bethel Borough flipped overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.0% to 32.6%.
Bethel county flipped Democratic in most recent Presidential election (2016 and 2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99561 (Chefornak, AK) is moderately liberal.
Chefornak, Alaska is moderately liberal.
Bethel Census Area County, Alaska is strongly 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.
Chefornak, Alaska: d R D D 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 99561 (Chefornak)
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 2 contributions totaling $800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)