Yakutat, AK is a small town located in southeastern Alaska with a population of 686 people according to the latest census data. It is an unincorporated community near the Alsek River and Glacier Bay National Park. Because of its small size, Yakutat does not have local political candidates running for office. Residents are represented by statewide leadership and representatives from the state house and Senate. Despite its small size, Yakutat has a strong sense of community and residents take pride in their town’s history, culture and values. Issues that are important to locals include protecting natural resources, providing economic opportunities, promoting education, protecting subsistence rights and ensuring access to healthcare. Overall, Yakutat is a unique place with passionate citizens who care deeply about their community and its future success.
The political climate in Zip 99689 (Yakutat, AK) is somewhat conservative.
Yakutat City and Borough County, AK is somewhat conservative. In Yakutat City and Borough County, AK 41.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 5.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yakutat City and Borough remained strongly Republican, 53.1% to 41.9%.
Yakutat City and Borough county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99689 (Yakutat, AK) is somewhat conservative.
Yakutat, Alaska is somewhat conservative.
Yakutat City and Borough County, Alaska is somewhat 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.
Yakutat, 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 99689 (Yakutat)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $630 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 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)