Albany, New Hampshire is a small town located in Carroll County. It has a thriving farming community and is known for its rural beauty. In terms of politics, Albany is part of the New Hampshire 2nd Congressional District and is represented by Democrat Ann McLane Kuster. At the state level, Albany is part of New Hampshire Senate District 3 and House District 2, which are currently represented by Republicans William Gannon and Edith DesMarais respectively. At the local level, town governance is handled by an elected Board of Selectmen that sets policy for all aspects of municipal government. Elections for board members as well as other local offices such as Town Clerk are conducted on a regular basis every two years. The Town of Albany also holds annual town meetings in March when voters approve the budget proposed by the Board of Selectmen and other important community decisions.
The political climate in Albany, NH is leaning conservative.
Carroll County, NH is leaning liberal. In Carroll County, NH 50.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.0% to 48.5%.
Carroll county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Albany, NH is leaning conservative.
Carroll County, New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
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, New Hampshire: 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 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, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,252 contributions totaling $117,713 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $14,805 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $353 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)