Petersburg, AK is a charming small town of about 3,000 people located in the southernmost section of Alaska's panhandle. It has a rich cultural history, with Russian immigrants settling the area over 100 years ago and playing an instrumental role in its development. Politics in Petersburg are largely focused on local issues that affect the community such as infrastructure projects, public safety initiatives, and environmental protection efforts. Political candidates work hard to ensure that the needs and wants of Petersburg's citizens are met through their individual campaigns. Local elections feature candidates from both sides of the political spectrum who strive to bring positive change to this unique corner of Alaska.
The political climate in Zip 99833 (Petersburg, AK) is leaning liberal.
Petersburg Borough County, AK is leaning liberal. In Petersburg Borough 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, Petersburg Borough flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 47.0%.
Petersburg Borough flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016, 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99833 (Petersburg, AK) is leaning liberal.
Petersburg, Alaska is leaning liberal.
Petersburg 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.
Petersburg, 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 99833 (Petersburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 291 contributions totaling $18,568 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $24,285 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)