Sand Point, AK is a small town located on Alaska's Aleutian Islands. Although it is small in size, Sand Point has a vibrant and active local politics scene. The town is led by a mayor and city council who are responsible for making decisions about taxes, budgeting, public infrastructure, and other important issues that affect the community. Each year voters in Sand Point have the opportunity to go to the polls and choose candidates for mayor and council seats who best represent their interests. Local candidates often have lively debates on topics that directly affect residents such as public health, housing costs, and education funding. Through these elections and debates, citizens of Sand Point are able to make sure their voices are heard in city hall.
The political climate in Sand Point, AK is leaning liberal.
Aleutians East Borough County, AK is leaning liberal. In Aleutians East Borough County, AK 49.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Aleutians East Borough remained Democratic, 49.5% to 45.6%.
Aleutians East voted Democratic in 2020. 2016, 2012 and 2000, and Republican in 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sand Point, AK is leaning liberal.
Aleutians East Borough County, Alaska is leaning liberal.
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.
Sand Point, 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 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 Sand Point, AK
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 2 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)