The small fishing town of Cold Bay, AK (99571) is located in the Aleutians East Borough and has a population of just over 100 people. Despite its small population, Cold Bay has an active political climate. The town is represented by Alaska House Representative Louise Stutes, who was initially elected to the position in 2018. Additionally, Cold Bay is served by two members of the Aleutian Islands Borough Assembly, a local governing body. These two members are Ronald O’Farrell and Don Westlake, both of whom were elected to their positions in 2019. Overall, Cold Bay's politics are driven by its citizens' focus on preserving marine life and protecting their community from potential environmental threats; this focus can be seen in the initiatives put forward by its representatives in the state assembly and local borough assembly.
The political climate in Zip 99571 (Cold Bay, AK) is leaning conservative.
Aleutians East Borough County, AK is leaning liberal. In Aleutians East Borough County, AK 49.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Aleutians East Borough remained Democratic, 49.5% to 45.6%.
Aleutians East voted Democratic in 2020. 2016, 2012 and 2000, and Republican in 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99571 (Cold Bay, AK) is leaning conservative.
Cold Bay, Alaska is leaning conservative.
Aleutians East 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.
Cold Bay, 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 99571 (Cold Bay)
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 3 contributions totaling $85 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)