Is Alaska the least conservative Republican state?

[King of Kensington]

Of the states that vote reliably GOP, is Alaska the least conservative?

[Goldwater]

In may very unscientific opinion, I get a sort of libertarian vibe from Alaska. It seems like type of Republican state that just wants the federal government to leave them alone, without a super strong attachment to religious and culture war type issues.

[bagelman]

On abortion for example yes.

[Mr. Smith]

On abortion for example yes.

That's Montana, or used to be, maybe MT Treasurer's hero has changed that.

[Skill and Chance]

Depends on whether you count NC in this category.  If not, then clearly yes.

[Sir Mohamed]

Depends on whether you count NC in this category.  If not, then clearly yes.

NC is more religious on average, I would assume?

[Unelectable Bystander]

Depends on whether you count NC in this category.  If not, then clearly yes.

NC is more religious on average, I would assume?

Yep NC I thought has a conservative proportion that would resemble a strong red state

[bagelman]

Depends on whether you count NC in this category.  If not, then clearly yes.

No southron state is in the running for "least conservative". Down there, there are plenty of conservative Safe D black voters. 

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Depends on whether you count NC in this category.  If not, then clearly yes.

No southron state is in the running for "least conservative". Down there, there are plenty of conservative Safe D black voters. 

Even Georgia is among the most conservative-feeling states in the country.  I'd probably agree with Alaska for this, especially if we are talking about social issues.

[If my soul was made of stone]

In may very unscientific opinion, I get a sort of libertarian vibe from Alaska. It seems like type of Republican state that just wants the federal government to leave them alone, without a super strong attachment to religious and culture war type issues.

It was among the very first states to legalize recreational marijuana--the third, after CO and WA--and the state courts have upheld abortion rights and fairly firm nondiscrimination protections for such a Republican state, among other idiosyncrasies. I'm told by some legal scholars among us that the unique structure of the state's courts is much of the reason for this, though I lack firsthand knowledge. The actual ideological landscape is rather more complex, however; the state's Republican core remains boilerplate Evangelical and Mormon suburbanites/exurbanites in the Anchorage and Fairbanks metros (Sarah Palin began her career in Wasilla, Mat-Su), and for a state that you'd expect to be so opposed to "big government" Perot-style it remains heavily reliant on the state and federal governments as an economic engine and benefactor of the extractive economy (not just oil; see also the ring of seafood processing company towns employing heavily Filipinos and other dispossessed minorities) lest its outposts with no other means shrivel up--at least before they inevitably do at the hands of fossil fuel-induced environmental destruction, through climate change and ripping up the national parks where half of any given bush town works, and The Oil Running Out One Day. The Celtic Fringe of America?

And even Alaska hasn't been immune to bottom-up or top-down nationalization, as we saw when we virulently refused to sleep on Al Gross. The coalition in the State House suffered losses in 2020, and could possibly collapse entirely this year; Democrat Scott Kawasaki's gain of the Fairbanks-based Senate District A in 2018 came at the expense of a non-Coalition Republican gaining his State House seat, and Fairbanks itself (still a military town and one of the worst for sex crimes and violence against women in the country) still narrowly voted for Trump in 2020 amidst a continued GOP landslide in its eastern suburbs. Anchorage is losing population while Mat-Su gains, and there aren't nearly enough emigrants to Juneau for a Vermont effect in the near future. Dunleavy remains up to his Polar Brownback antics and being underratedly disastrously bad on COVID for such a sparsely-populated state while most of the nation keeps its eyes on GOP antics in more populous states more presumably fit to the party's contemporary orthodoxy.

The Last Frontier follows the fate of the lower 48's frontier, just however many decades behind. I think the world could use a good Revisionist Western about contemporary Alaska, in the vein of Peckinpah at his comparatively less bloodthirsty and more psychogeographically-oriented.

[NOVA Green]

AK still has one of the highest % of Union workers of any state in the US...

Gets funky running through the stats tables, but AK appears to place something like #4 in % of members of unions employed vs total work force, and then #3 as a % of workforce represented by unions as a % of employed (19.5%).

Members of unions as a % of employed numbers start to drop down to 15.8%, and even places such as WA, OR, and MN end up taking a bit of a leap (Although AK is still definitely a player even there).

https://www.bls.gov/regions/west/news-release/unionmembership_alaska.htm#chart2

[Person Man]

In may very unscientific opinion, I get a sort of libertarian vibe from Alaska. It seems like type of Republican state that just wants the federal government to leave them alone, without a super strong attachment to religious and culture war type issues.

That's how Montana and Wyoming were, until all the liberals left for Oregon and Colorado, and all the roughnecks from Oklahoma, ND, and Texas started coming in.

[Devils30]

Alaska has the vibe of a state that could dramatically swing left...if the Dems take a reasonable stance on energy production, a big big if.

[Sol]

In may very unscientific opinion, I get a sort of libertarian vibe from Alaska. It seems like type of Republican state that just wants the federal government to leave them alone, without a super strong attachment to religious and culture war type issues.

That's how Montana and Wyoming were, until all the liberals left for Oregon and Colorado, and all the roughnecks from Oklahoma, ND, and Texas started coming in.

I guarantee you Alaska has plenty of roughnecks.

[Nyvin]

In may very unscientific opinion, I get a sort of libertarian vibe from Alaska. It seems like type of Republican state that just wants the federal government to leave them alone, without a super strong attachment to religious and culture war type issues.

Well they aren't doing a good job at having the Federal Government leave them alone.  It depends on Federal spending heavily to support it's economy, one of the most dependent states in the country.

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

On abortion for example yes.

That's Montana, or used to be, maybe MT Treasurer's hero has changed that.

Bagelman was certainly referring to this map:

[Xing]

On certain issues, yes.

[Goldwater]

On abortion for example yes.

That's Montana, or used to be, maybe MT Treasurer's hero has changed that.

Bagelman was certainly referring to this map:

Wow, somehow I never knew that the Philippines were so extreme on abortion.

[If my soul was made of stone]

On abortion for example yes.

That's Montana, or used to be, maybe MT Treasurer's hero has changed that.

Bagelman was certainly referring to this map:

Wow, somehow I never knew that the Philippines were so extreme on abortion.

"In 1985, the family moved to the Philippines where they served as Baptist missionaries and built a ministry. During the Tebows' stay, Pamela contracted amoebic dysentery and fell into a coma. While recovering, she discovered that she was pregnant. The medications used to treat Pamela caused a severe placental abruption. Doctors expected a stillbirth and recommended an abortion, which was illegal in the Philippines even in severe cases; the Tebows decided against it. On August 14, 1987, Pamela Tebow gave birth to Tim Tebow in Manila."