The small town of Salcha, AK is located in the North Star Borough of Alaska and has a population of 1,076 people according to the most recent census. It is largely a rural community with a strong history of people taking part in politics and improving their community. Residents are engaged with both state and local politics, focusing on issues such as education funding, economic development and resource management. Local politicians strive to make sure Salcha’s needs are taken care of through things like infrastructure improvements and promoting local businesses. The small town is well connected to the larger Fairbanks area, so it can benefit from larger initiatives while still preserving its own identity. Overall, politics in 99714 Salcha, AK involve citizens actively advocating for their community while connecting to broader efforts throughout the state.
The political climate in Zip 99714 (Salcha, AK) is moderately conservative.
Fairbanks North Star Borough County, AK is somewhat conservative. In Fairbanks North Star Borough County, AK 41.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 5.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairbanks North Star Borough remained strongly Republican, 53.4% to 41.3%.
Fairbanks North Star county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99714 (Salcha, AK) is moderately conservative.
Salcha, Alaska is moderately conservative.
Fairbanks North Star Borough County, Alaska is somewhat conservative.
Fairbanks 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.
Salcha, 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 99714 (Salcha)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $97 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $345 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)