Political leanings of Alaskans

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Originally Posted by barnacle9

Just thought this could be an interesting topic for discussion.

I think that most Alaskans (at least outside of Anchorage area & Juneau, which is perhaps most Alaskans right there) tend to consider themselves Republican.

However; since the Republican administration of the past way too many years has trampled all over our Constitution, I wonder how people would identify themselves now.

Here are a few thoughts:

I think the average Alaskan cares far more for liberty than for politics of fear - so why should we support a party who thrives off of our fear of fundamentalist muslims and uses that fear to destroy all that which has made our nation great?

I believe that most Alaskans care very strongly for the environment. So how is the current administration doing on this?

I know that the Republican party has traditionally espoused smaller government and less governmental intrusion into our lives. How is this administration doing there? And what about fiscal conservatism???

Although I lean a bit to the Left on many issues, I tend to agree with most people here in Alaska on major political concerns.

Just wondering where you stand . . .

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Your overall analysis of Alaskans is probably correct, more or less.

I don't think Bush's failings as a conservative will suddenly turn Alaskans, or anyone else who is a Republican, into Democrats. For all the things Bush has done that haven't been very fiscally conservative, no Democrat I know of would do any better at all and in fact would be considerably worse. Hillarycare, anyone?


As far as Alaskan environmentalism, there's a difference between radical environmentalism and conservationism.

Conservationism is simply caring about nature and the earth and preserving it where possible. Environmentalism used to mean the same thing...but it has become a far-left activist thing where it goes way beyond clean lakes and rivers into something entirely different.