Albany, Oregon (97322) is a city located in the mid-Willamette Valley of Oregon, just south of Corvallis and north of Eugene. Albany is a small city with a population of about 50,000 people. It is an important center for business, government, healthcare, and education in the region. The politics in 97322 Albany is dominated by two major parties: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Local elections are usually very competitive between these two political groups. The current mayor of Albany is Sharon Konopa who was elected to office in 2018. She strives to bring lawmakers together to work towards solutions that promote economic growth and community development. Additionally, there are several other local politicians and candidates representing different political ideologies from all across Oregon鈥檚 9th Congressional District which includes Albany.
The political climate in Zip 97322 (Albany, OR) is somewhat 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 97322 (Albany, OR) is somewhat conservative.
Albany, Oregon is somewhat 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 97322 (Albany)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 928 contributions totaling $45,677 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 248 contributions totaling $20,255 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)