The small town of Selawik, AK is situated in the Northwest Arctic Borough and is home to about 700 people. It has been a part of the Inupiaq culture since before its incorporation in 1958 and has remained strongly connected to its indigenous roots ever since. The local political landscape is closely intertwined with that of the nearby borough, and residents vote for representatives in both local and statewide elections. Within the city of Selawik, the government is made up of a mayor and four-member City Council. Elections are held every two years, and all registered voters have the opportunity to cast their ballots in order to choose who will represent them on the council. The City Council works hard to ensure that all citizens of Selawik have access to basic services while also striving to better meet each individual's needs. Local candidates are well-known within the community and participate in debates, forums, and other events throughout election season in order to inform voters on their stances on various issues facing Selawik. By engaging with local politics in this manner, residents of Selawik can come together as a unified voice for their shared interests.
The political climate in Zip 99770 (Selawik, AK) is leaning liberal.
Northwest Arctic Borough County, AK is leaning liberal. In Northwest Arctic 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, Northwest Arctic Borough remained moderately Democratic, 50.1% to 43.1%.
Northwest Arctic voted Democratic in 2020. 2016, 2012 and 2000, and Republican in 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99770 (Selawik, AK) is leaning liberal.
Selawik, Alaska is leaning liberal.
Northwest Arctic 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.
Selawik, 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 99770 (Selawik)
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)