The remote Alaskan town of Point Hope, 99766 is a tight-knit community located in Alaska's Northwestern Arctic Borough. With a population of about 700 people, the majority of the citizens are Inupiaq Native Americans who have lived in the area for centuries. The political climate in Point Hope is largely focused around local issues and concerns rather than national politics. The local government is made up of nine members from the community including a mayor, representatives from each village within the borough, and an at-large representative elected by all residents. Elections take place every two years when citizens come together to vote on their representatives. Over the years, there have been significant changes to local policies that directly affect the lives of residents like increased focus on health care access and improved transportation infrastructure. Local politicians often work closely with traditional leaders to ensure that important issues affecting the community are addressed in a timely manner.
The political climate in Zip 99766 (Point Hope, AK) is leaning liberal.
North Slope Borough County, AK is leaning liberal. In North Slope Borough County, AK 50.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 6.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, North Slope Borough remained moderately Democratic, 50.1% to 43.1%.
North Slope voted Democratic in 2020. 2016, 2012 and 2000, and Republican in 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99766 (Point Hope, AK) is leaning liberal.
Point Hope, Alaska is leaning liberal.
North Slope 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.
Point Hope, 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 99766 (Point Hope)
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 3 contributions totaling $6,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,000 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)