The city of Albany, OR is located in the beautiful Willamette Valley and is home to a diverse community of over 50,000 people. The political atmosphere in Albany is active and engaged with numerous local committees and organizations advocating for progressive change. Local government is run by a mayor-council system with the current mayor being Sharon Konopa. There are various city council members as well as a county commission and school board members who provide input on important decisions that affect the future of Albany. While there are no specific local political candidates at this time, residents can get involved in the conversation by attending city council meetings, registering to vote, or joining a local advocacy group.
The political climate in Zip 97321 (Albany, OR) is moderately conservative.
Linn County, OR is moderately conservative. In Linn County, OR 36.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Linn county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 36.5%.
Linn county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97321 (Albany, OR) is moderately conservative.
Albany, Oregon is moderately conservative.
Linn County, Oregon is moderately conservative.
Albany-Lebanon Metro Area is moderately conservative.
Oregon is moderately 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, Oregon: 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 97321 (Albany)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,288 contributions totaling $99,336 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 256 contributions totaling $28,165 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)