The small village of Tuntutuliak, Alaska (population 536) is part of a larger region of approximately 3,000 people spread across 8 villages in the Kusilvak Census Area. The political landscape in this rural Alaskan area is largely dictated by the traditional leaders who are responsible for helping to make decisions that affect the entire population. Local issues often focus on subsistence fishing and hunting rights, education and healthcare services, infrastructure development, and other matters that directly impact the lives of those living in the area. Given these local concerns it isn't surprising that few candidates have ever run for office in 99680 Tuntutuliak. This lack of representation has led to an unbalanced political power structure whereby decisions are often made based on personal relationships rather than through an open process with public input. In order to ensure equal representation and fair decision-making processes it will be important for residents of this rural area to participate in local politics and become more aware of their political rights and options.
The political climate in Zip 99680 (Tuntutuliak, AK) is moderately liberal.
Bethel Census Area County, AK is strongly liberal. In Bethel Census Area County, AK 60.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 7.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bethel Borough flipped overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.0% to 32.6%.
Bethel county flipped Democratic in most recent Presidential election (2016 and 2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99680 (Tuntutuliak, AK) is moderately liberal.
Tuntutuliak, Alaska is moderately liberal.
Bethel Census Area County, Alaska is strongly 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.
Tuntutuliak, Alaska: d R D 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 99680 (Tuntutuliak)
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)