The city of Metlakatla, AK is a unique community located on Annette Island in Southeast Alaska. It is the only Native American reservation in the state and the only incorporated city in the country to be made up entirely of a single tribal group, the Tsimshian Nation. As such, Metlakatla's politics are shaped by its status as a sovereign nation within Alaska and managed by its own government separate from that of the other towns and cities in the state. The local government consists of a mayor, five council members, and court justices elected by citizens of Metlakatla. These officials work together to develop public policies that promote economic development, protect natural resources, ensure public safety, and support tribal culture. Additionally, they are tasked with protecting the rights and interests of their people while ensuring that all citizens have access to quality services such as education and healthcare.
The political climate in Zip 99926 (Metlakatla, AK) is leaning conservative.
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area County, AK is leaning liberal. In Prince of Wales-Hyder 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, Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough remained narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 47.0%.
Prince of Wales-Hyder voted Democratic in 2020. 2016, 2012 and 2000, and Republican in 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99926 (Metlakatla, AK) is leaning conservative.
Metlakatla, Alaska is leaning conservative.
Prince of Wales-Hyder 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.
Metlakatla, 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 99926 (Metlakatla)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $3,215 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $2,860 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)