Nikolaevsk, AK is a small city located in the Southcentral region of Alaska. It has a small population of just over 400 people, and the town is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The mayor and council are elected every two years and serve six-year terms. The city's current mayor, Elmar Derbekyan, was first elected in 2016 to a four-year term. He is currently in his second term, which he was re-elected for in 2020. Additionally, Nikolaevsk has three city council members who are also elected every two years and serve six year terms.
Politically speaking, Nikolaevsk leans conservative - though there is still a fairly even divide between Republicans and Democrats amongst its residents. In recent elections, candidate preferences have closely mirrored statewide trends with Republicans tending to win the majority of local races. The city council focuses on local issues such as infrastructure development and public safety initiatives while following state laws regarding taxation and other important matters.
The political climate in Nikolaevsk, AK is strongly conservative.
Kenai Peninsula Borough County, AK is very conservative. In Kenai Peninsula Borough County, AK 31.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kenai Peninsula Borough remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.5% to 31.8%.
Kenai Peninsula county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nikolaevsk, AK is strongly conservative.
Kenai Peninsula Borough County, Alaska is very conservative.
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.
Nikolaevsk, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Nikolaevsk, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 77 contributions totaling $2,564 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $8,691 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)