Port Lions, AK is a small and rural community located on the southern tip of Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska. Though it has a relatively small population of just over 1,000 people, Port Lions is a strong and vibrant town filled with an engaged citizenry that seeks to provide for its local needs. Politics in the town are driven by local concerns and values, ensuring that decisions made at the municipal level are in line with what residents prioritize. Residents often have close relationships with their local political candidates, who they elect to represent them in state and federal government. Those elected officials must then be responsive to their constituents’ issues while also advocating for their best interests at higher levels of government. This ensures that Port Lions remains a strong and vibrant community where everyone has a voice in determining the future course of their home.
The political climate in Zip 99550 (Port Lions, AK) is somewhat conservative.
Kodiak Island Borough County, AK is somewhat conservative. In Kodiak Island Borough County, AK 41.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 5.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kodiak Island Borough remained strongly Republican, 53.1% to 41.9%.
Kodiak Island county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99550 (Port Lions, AK) is somewhat conservative.
Port Lions, Alaska is somewhat conservative.
Kodiak Island Borough County, Alaska is somewhat 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.
Port Lions, Alaska: D R R R r 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 99550 (Port Lions)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)