The Albany, Georgia Metro Area is a culturally and economically diverse place. It is home to many businesses, industries, and educational institutions. On the political front, the area is served by several local government entities. The Dougherty County Commission is the governing body of the county, while the City of Albany has a mayor-council form of government. The local school district is overseen by the Dougherty County Board of Education, and there are also numerous special districts providing services to residents. At a state level, both chambers of the Georgia General Assembly represent parts of Dougherty County in addition to many other counties in southwest Georgia. Federally, much of Dougherty County lies within Georgia’s 2nd congressional district. Residents have numerous opportunities to make their voices heard through voting or participating in events and activities hosted by political organizations.
The political climate in Albany Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In Albany Metro Area 53.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Albany metro area remained moderately Democratic, 53.6% to 45.6%.
The Albany metro area voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Albany Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
Georgia 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, Georgia: r r 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Albany Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,065 contributions totaling $86,620 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 903 contributions totaling $201,252 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)