Politics in Albany, GA (31707) are largely influenced by the city government, as well as the Dougherty County Commission. The city is served by a Mayor and six city commissioners, who are elected to represent each district in the city. These representatives work together to ensure that the citizens of Albany have access to essential services and resources, while working to improve the overall quality of life for those living in Albany. The Dougherty County Commission works alongside the Mayor and Commissioners on many projects that affect both the City of Albany and Dougherty County as a whole. As representatives for their constituents, these officials strive to keep Albany's economy strong and its citizens engaged with their local government through public meetings, community outreach programs, and communication initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 31707 (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 31707 (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 31707 (Albany)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 288 contributions totaling $15,660 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 141 contributions totaling $24,556 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)