The politics of Albany, Louisiana (70711) are heavily influenced by the local and state government. At the local level, residents are represented by a mayor-council form of government with a mayor and six-member council. The current Mayor is Jack Perlman, who was elected in 2019. The City Council consists of Council Members Jody Sproles, Lisa Harrell, John Wright, Keith Lewis, Joel Phillips and Richard Evans III. Together they handle all budgeting decisions and set rules for city services. Additionally, they also appoint members to various boards and commissions that oversee matters such as planning and zoning, public works, public safety and economic development. At the state level, Albany is represented by State Senator Paul Fruge in the Louisiana Senate District 14. He has been in office since 2014 and focuses on issues such as healthcare access for rural communities.
The political climate in Zip 70711 (Albany, LA) is very conservative.
Livingston County, LA is very conservative. In Livingston County, LA 14.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Livingston parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.1% to 14.2%.
Livingston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70711 (Albany, LA) is very conservative.
Albany, Louisiana is very conservative.
Livingston County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Baton Rouge Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
Louisiana is moderately 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, Louisiana: R R R R R R
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 70711 (Albany)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $2,238 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)