Albany, TX is a small town located in Shackelford County with a population just over 2,000 people. It is a rural community that primarily relies on farming and ranching for its livelihood. The local politics of Albany are overseen by an elected mayor as well as members of the city council who work together to create laws that benefit the town and its residents. Local elections provide citizens with the opportunity to vote in candidates they feel will best represent their needs and interests when making decisions about how to shape the future of Albany. Recently, there have been several initiatives proposed to improve infrastructure and services around town such as increasing access to health care, providing better education resources, and strengthening the economy through job opportunities. With strong leadership from both elected officials and citizens alike, Albany can continue to thrive while also ensuring the future of its citizens remains secure.
The political climate in Albany, TX is strongly conservative.
Shackelford County, TX is very conservative. In Shackelford County, TX 8.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 91.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shackelford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 91.2% to 8.0%.
Shackelford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Albany, TX is strongly conservative.
Shackelford County, Texas is very conservative.
Texas is leaning 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.
Albany, Texas: R 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Albany, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 310 contributions totaling $272,276 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $878 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)