Albany, Georgia is a city in Dougherty County that is known for its strong sense of community and rich history. It is the seat of government for the county, which means it plays an important role in local politics. Albany is represented by an array of local lawmakers at both the state and federal level, including representatives from each party. These representatives work to shape policies that will benefit their constituents in 31721 Albany. At the municipal level, Albany has a mayor and five city council members who are elected by citizens every four years. Together they are responsible for passing ordinances, appointing city staff and budgeting for public services such as water, roads and police protection. There are also regular town meetings where residents can ask questions and share their opinions on proposed legislation. All these efforts come together to ensure that Albany remains a great place to live with a strong sense of community spirit.
The political climate in Zip 31721 (Albany, GA) is strongly liberal.
Dougherty County, GA is very liberal. In Dougherty County, GA 69.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dougherty county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.6% to 29.6%.
Dougherty county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31721 (Albany, GA) is strongly liberal.
Albany, Georgia is strongly liberal.
Dougherty County, Georgia is very liberal.
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: 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 zip 31721 (Albany)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 209 contributions totaling $39,020 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 268 contributions totaling $96,091 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $359 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)