The politics of 99519 Prudhoe Bay, AK are similar to many other places in Alaska. The area is part of the North Slope Borough which has its own mayor and assembly members who are elected by the residents of the borough. All elections within the borough are governed by Alaska state laws, ensuring fairness for all citizens who choose to participate in the political process. Prudhoe Bay itself does not have any specific local government or representatives, so residents must look to their borough-level representatives for representation. Despite this lack of local political representation, Prudhoe Bay remains an important part of Alaska's political landscape as it home to a large variety of energy industry jobs and services.
The political climate in Zip 99519 (Prudhoe Bay, AK) is leaning liberal.
Anchorage Municipality County, AK is leaning liberal. In Anchorage Municipality County, AK 49.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Anchorage Municipality flipped Democratic, 49.5% to 46.4%.
Anchorage Municipality flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in 2016, 2012, 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99519 (Prudhoe Bay, AK) is leaning liberal.
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska is leaning liberal.
Anchorage Municipality County, Alaska is leaning liberal.
Anchorage Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska: D R R r 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 99519 (Prudhoe Bay)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $12,373 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $84,792 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,924 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)