Gustavus, AK is a small town with a population of just over 800, located on the western side of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Despite its small size, the people of Gustavus take their politics seriously and actively participate in the political process. The town is part of Alaska's State House District 34 and is represented by Representative Neal Foster. As part of the Juneau City and Borough, all registered voters in Gustavus are eligible to vote on local issues that impact their community. These elections give citizens an opportunity to help shape local policies and programs that affect them directly. In addition, community members have the opportunity to become politically active by volunteering for local campaigns or running for office themselves. Through these efforts, residents have a chance to make their voices heard on issues that matter most to them in Gustavus.
The political climate in Zip 99826 (Gustavus, AK) is leaning conservative.
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area County, AK is leaning liberal. In Hoonah-Angoon Census Area County, AK 49.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hoonah-Angoon Borough flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 47.0%.
Hoonah-Angoon Borough flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016, 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99826 (Gustavus, AK) is leaning conservative.
Gustavus, Alaska is leaning conservative.
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 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.
Gustavus, 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 99826 (Gustavus)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 248 contributions totaling $24,247 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)