Egegik, AK is a small town located on the Alaskan Peninsula, near Bristol Bay. Though population numbers are relatively low, the town has an active political presence with the local government playing a crucial role in setting policy and ensuring the welfare of its citizens. Currently, Egegik is represented in both the Alaska state House and Senate by two elected officials – Representative John Lincoln and Senator Rosemary Tulinok. Both are members of the Democratic Party and have been instrumental in advocating for their constituents’ bills related to education reform, healthcare access, economic development initiatives, and other concerns. The town also elects a mayor every four years who works together with representatives from other towns to make collective decisions about resources and services for their shared region. Egegik residents also participate in local elections to select school board members, judges, and other key figures that help shape their community.
The political climate in Zip 99579 (Egegik, AK) is leaning conservative.
Lake and Peninsula Borough County, AK is leaning liberal. In Lake and Peninsula 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, Lake and Peninsula Borough flipped Democratic, 49.5% to 45.6%.
Lake and Peninsula Borough flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016, 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99579 (Egegik, AK) is leaning conservative.
Egegik, Alaska is leaning conservative.
Lake and Peninsula 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.
Egegik, Alaska: D R R 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 99579 (Egegik)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)