Russian Mission, AK is a small city located in Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region. It is home to the Yu’pik Eskimo people who take part in the local government and political scene. The city does not have any local political candidates running for office but it does have a largely engaged population of individuals that are passionate about their community. The city council has members from both sides of the aisle and works together to ensure the needs of the community are being met. In addition to this, there are many advocacy groups that represent the people of Russian Mission and advocate for their interests on both local and regional levels. These include initiatives related to environmental protection, economic development, healthcare access, traditional culture preservation, and more.
The political climate in Zip 99657 (Russian Mission, AK) is somewhat liberal.
Kusilvak Census Area County, AK is strongly liberal. In Kusilvak Census Area County, AK 60.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 6.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kusilvak Borough remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.4% to 32.7%.
Kusilvak county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99657 (Russian Mission, AK) is somewhat liberal.
Russian Mission, Alaska is somewhat liberal.
Kusilvak Census Area County, Alaska is strongly 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.
Russian Mission, Alaska: d R d 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 99657 (Russian Mission)
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)