Albany, Nebraska is a small rural town located in northeastern Nebraska with a population of approximately 300 people. The local politics in Albany focus on issues such as infrastructure, economic development, and municipal services. The City Council is responsible for setting the local government’s policies and budgets, and they serve four-year terms. Additionally, locals have elected representatives to the state legislature from both the Republican and Democratic parties. Every two years there is an election to decide who will represent Albany in Lincoln and Washington D.C., and the citizens of Albany can cast their vote for any of the candidates that are running in each race. Overall, Albany has a thriving political culture that puts a strong emphasis on civic responsibility and participation in local politics.
The political climate in Albany, NE is strongly conservative.
Harlan County, NE is very conservative. In Harlan County, NE 14.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harlan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.5% to 14.6%.
Harlan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Albany, NE is strongly conservative.
Harlan County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Nebraska is moderately 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, Nebraska: 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, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 200 contributions totaling $7,401 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 159 contributions totaling $37,527 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)