As far as political parties go in Alaska, it is pretty well mainstream and under the constitution of the United States, that political parties may be formed.  Even parties that still leave a bad taste; parties such as: The American Young Communist Party and The American Nazi Party, just to name two.  Although there is no evidence of those parties being overtly active in Alaska.

Alaska does have her recognized political parties.

• The Alaskan Democratic Party.
• The Alaska Green Party
• The Alaska Independence Party.
• The Alaska Libertarian Party, and
• The Alaska Republican Party

The Alaska Republican Party – ARP – is the Government of the People – GOP in the state.  It is a descendent of the original Republican Party founded in the early 1850s by those opposed to slavery and those advocating free land, west of the Mississippi to settlers.
Incumbent Governor Sean Parnell and former governor, Sarah Palin are both Republicans.

Alaska Democratic Party – ADP

A party with a long, proud history even before Statehood, the ADP embodies all the principles of the National Democratic Party.

The ADP boasts more than 75,000 Alaskans on its books.

In the 1950s, when Congress was debating Alaska’s statehood question; the assumption was made that Alaska would follow the Democratic Ticket. Not so.  Even as late as 2002 of the 400 thousand plus voters; only 16 per cent were Democrats.
The Republicans made up 25 per cent and 59 percent were unaffiliated members of other parties.

Among those other parties was one.  The Alaskan Libertarian Party – ALP, founded in 1971. It is, it is claimed, to be the third largest party in the US.

Alaskan Independence Party AIP adherents claim to be the only Alaskan political party entirely composed of, staffed by and financed by Alaskans and not affiliated with any political party nationally.  It was originally founded with the idea of gaining all Alaskans the right to vote on statehood. In 1958 it had a choice of either:

• Remaining A territory.
• Becoming a separate and independent nation
• Accept Commonwealth status, or
• Go for Statehood.
Alaska attained statehood in 1959.

Political Parties in Alaska – The Green Party

The Alaskan Greens came to life in 1990; The Alaskan Greens are affiliated with other US Green Parties and connect with other Greens around the world, such as in Australia.

Alaska was proud to the claim of being the first state to gain Green Party ballot access when former Governor, Jim Sykes ran for office.

The Greens’ credo is more than just environment.  The Greens have a strong stand on down to earth grassroots democracy; human rights and social justice.

Every Alaskan no matter the color, creed, and sexual orientation is subject to those human rights.

The Greens claim to honor the diversity of the above.  The short term aim is Human Rights is For Everyone.

Political Parties in Alaska follow the same trends as do their national namesakes – they all strive to attain those famous initials – GOP.  Government Of The People.

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