Albany, Ohio is a small city located in the Appalachian region of the state. It is governed by an elected mayor and six-member city council who work together to uphold the interests of its citizens. The current mayor of Albany, Susan Pardee, was first elected in 2017 and her term runs through 2021. The City Council is comprised of two members from each ward of the city – Ward 1,2,3 and 4. This governing body makes decisions on important local issues such as infrastructure improvements, budgetary allocations for various city services, and public safety initiatives. Albany also has a number of local political groups that are actively engaged in promoting their agendas within the community. These organizations support a wide range of initiatives ranging from environmental stewardship to healthcare reform to economic development projects. Regardless of party affiliation or political leanings, these groups come together to advocate for positive change in their hometown.
The political climate in Albany, OH is leaning conservative.
Athens County, OH is somewhat liberal. In Athens County, OH 56.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Athens county remained strongly Democratic, 56.6% to 41.6%.
Athens county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Albany, OH is leaning conservative.
Athens County, Ohio is somewhat liberal.
Athens Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
Ohio 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, Ohio: D D D D D 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, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 582 contributions totaling $24,106 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $5,710 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)