Zip 99840 (Skagway, AK) Voting


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The politics in 99840 Skagway, AK are quite unique due to the town's small population and position near the Canadian border. Skagway is part of Alaska's At-Large Congressional District which means that residents do not have a direct representation in Congress. Instead, the town works closely with state government to ensure their needs are met. In terms of local politics, there is an elected mayor and nine-member city council that makes decisions regarding the community. The mayor and members of the council serve four year terms and must answer to the citizens for all of their decisions. Though the pool of candidates may be limited due to the size of the town, it is important that citizens take part in elections and get involved in local politics for the betterment of their community.

The political climate in Zip 99840 (Skagway, AK) is strongly liberal.

Skagway Municipality County, AK is very liberal. In Skagway Municipality County, AK 68.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 27.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.

In the last Presidential election, Skagway Municipality Borough flipped overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.4% to 27.8%.
Skagway Municipality Borough flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016, 2008 and 2004.


The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index

Zip 99840 (Skagway, AK) is strongly liberal.


Skagway, Alaska is strongly liberal.

Skagway Municipality County, Alaska is very 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.

Skagway, Alaska: D R r D 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 99840 (Skagway)

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 303 contributions totaling $27,600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $5,910 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

Skagway Municipality County, Alaska Politics Voting
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