The Haines Borough of AK County is an active and engaged community when it comes to politics. Every two years, local residents have the opportunity to elect members of the borough assembly, who are responsible for enacting laws that govern the borough and its communities. There are also various initiatives, such as local referendums and bond issues, which appear on ballots from time to time so citizens can make their voices heard. The borough also works closely with representatives at both the state and federal levels in order to ensure that their interests are addressed in a way that best serves the people of Haines Borough.
The political climate in Haines Borough County, AK is very liberal.
In Haines Borough County, AK 68.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 27.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Haines Borough remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.4% to 27.8%.
Haines voted Democratic in 2020. 2016, 2012 and 2000, and Republican in 2008 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Haines Borough County, AK is very 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.
Haines Borough, 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 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 Haines Borough County, AK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 566 contributions totaling $22,304 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $15,969 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)