The town of Sterling, Alaska is located in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, and has a population of approximately 2,000 people. The local government in Sterling is led by the Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor and Assembly. This governing body works to ensure that the citizens of Sterling have access to important resources such as public safety, education, and economic development. Local political candidates are often chosen from within the town or from other nearby towns in the borough. In addition to these elected officials, there are some volunteer positions available for citizens who wish to help shape policy initiatives and provide input on important issues facing their community. Residents of Sterling take pride in keeping informed about local politics and voting in elections when they can. Overall, the people of Sterling take an active role in governing their small borough and strive for excellence in all areas of public service.
The political climate in Zip 99672 (Sterling, 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
Zip 99672 (Sterling, AK) is strongly conservative.
Sterling, Alaska is strongly conservative.
Kenai Peninsula Borough County, Alaska is very 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.
Sterling, 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 99672 (Sterling)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 79 contributions totaling $2,279 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $11,676 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)