Albany, Georgia is located in the southwest portion of the state and is part of Dougherty County. With a population of 77,433 as of 2020, Albany is the largest city in Southwest Georgia and eighth largest in the state. Albany's government structure consists of a mayor-council form of government led by Mayor Bo Dorough. The City Council consists of seven members who are elected from individual wards within the City limits. The City Council sets policy and enacts ordinances for governing the City, while also serving as an advisory body to the Mayor. In addition to local government, 31705 Albany is represented at both State and Federal levels with various local political candidates running for office in each election cycle. These elected officials include US Representatives, State Senators, State Representatives and other local positions within Dougherty County.
The political climate in Zip 31705 (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 31705 (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 31705 (Albany)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 114 contributions totaling $4,045 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $7,230 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)