The small town of Tok, Alaska (population 847) is located in the southeastern part of the state and has been a part of the municipality since 1977. Despite its relatively small size, Tok has become an important hub for local politics in the region. The city is represented by two representatives in both the Alaska House and Senate, and residents are actively involved in advocating for their community interests. Local issues such as economic development, public safety, and infrastructure maintenance are all discussed on a regular basis within the city council meetings. In addition, Tok citizens have the power to elect their own mayor and council members every four years. This involvement in local politics ensures that every resident's voice is heard, and that all decisions made within the city are done so with careful consideration of its citizens' best interests.
The political climate in Zip 99780 (Tok, AK) is moderately conservative.
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area County, AK is strongly conservative. In Southeast Fairbanks Census Area County, AK 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 5.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Southeast Fairbanks Borough remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 34.4%.
Southeast Fairbanks county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99780 (Tok, AK) is moderately conservative.
Tok, Alaska is moderately conservative.
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area County, Alaska is strongly conservative.
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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.
Tok, 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 99780 (Tok)
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 11 contributions totaling $2,005 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)