Albany County, NY Voting


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Albany County, situated in upstate New York, is an area steeped in political history. It is the seat of the state government and is home to many influential politicians from both major state and national parties. The county is represented by members of the US House of Representatives, state Senate and Assembly, as well as local elected officials. Albany County residents have a strong sense of civic duty, which also contributes to its vibrant political atmosphere. There are numerous debates about local issues that take place at City Hall and other public forums throughout the year. Local candidates are often active in their communities and strive to represent their constituents’ interests on a variety of issues ranging from taxes to education policy. Despite its small size, Albany County has a big impact on state politics and continues to be an integral part of New York's political landscape.

The political climate in Albany County, NY is strongly liberal.

In Albany County, NY 64.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.

In the last Presidential election, Albany county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.6% to 33.1%.
Albany county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.


The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index

Albany County, NY is strongly liberal.


Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metro Area is somewhat liberal.

New York is moderately 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 York: 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 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, NY

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31,808 contributions totaling $3,003,529 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 2,713 contributions totaling $825,059 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $304 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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