99919 Thorne Bay, AK is a small community with a relatively small population. Despite its size, there are many political issues that the local residents are passionate about. Some of the most pressing topics include protecting the environment from potential logging, preserving the area's traditional fishing industry, and creating more job opportunities for locals. Every two years, local candidates stand for election to represent their views and carry out their agendas. Issues like these have been debated in town hall meetings and at polling places for many years now, and it is clear that politics play an important role in this small Alaskan village.
The political climate in Zip 99919 (Thorne Bay, AK) is leaning conservative.
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area County, AK is leaning liberal. In Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area County, AK 49.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough remained narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 47.0%.
Prince of Wales-Hyder voted Democratic in 2020. 2016, 2012 and 2000, and Republican in 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99919 (Thorne Bay, AK) is leaning conservative.
Thorne Bay, Alaska is leaning conservative.
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 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.
Thorne Bay, 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 99919 (Thorne Bay)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $402 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $185 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)