Albany County, Wyoming is a rural county located in the eastern part of the state. It has over 30,000 residents and is governed by a Board of Commissioners, which consists of three elected members who are responsible for managing the county’s finances, setting policy for county departments and programs, and proposing taxation to support county operations. In addition to these duties, the commissioners also appoint other local officials such as the sheriff, treasurer, assessor, coroner, and public defender. Each commissioner is elected at large by all Albany County voters during a primary election and serves a four-year term. Elections take place every two years on even numbered years with each commissioner up for reelection at least once during their terms. The current Board of Commissioners in Albany County consists of three dedicated individuals committed to serving their constituents throughout Wyoming's wonderful rural area.
The political climate in Albany County, WY is leaning liberal.
In Albany County, WY 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 5.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Albany county flipped Democratic, 48.8% to 46.1%.
Albany county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Albany County, WY is leaning liberal.
Laramie Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Wyoming is very 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, Wyoming: R R d r r d
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 Albany County, WY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,697 contributions totaling $251,747 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 537 contributions totaling $104,577 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)