The small town of Nenana, Alaska is located in the Tanana River Valley and is part of the Fairbanks North Star Borough. Politically, Nenana has many active members who participate in both local and state affairs. The mayor of Nenana is Rajan Shrestha and he works with the city council to make important decisions for the community. In addition to this, there are also numerous committees and task forces that help maintain a sense of civic engagement within the community. These committees include groups such as the Local Emergency Planning Committee, which helps to ensure safety in case of emergencies, and the Comprehensive Plan Task Force, which focuses on long-term development strategies for the area. Aside from these more official entities, there are also many local organizations that serve to promote political engagement among citizens. These include organizations such as the Nenana Chamber of Commerce and Civic League that actively advocate for issues affecting their local community.
The political climate in Zip 99760 (Nenana, AK) is moderately conservative.
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area County, AK is strongly conservative. In Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area County, AK 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 5.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough flipped overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 34.4%.
Yukon-Koyukuk Borough flipped Republican in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Democratic in 2016, 2012 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99760 (Nenana, AK) is moderately conservative.
Nenana, Alaska is moderately conservative.
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area County, Alaska is strongly conservative.
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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.
Nenana, Alaska: D R R D D R
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 99760 (Nenana)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $2,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $417 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $4,045 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)