Goochland County in Virginia is an area steeped in history and culture. The county has a long tradition of good governance, with local political candidates in the region running for office on platforms that focus on improving infrastructure and creating more economic opportunities for residents. The county is home to a diverse population, who are represented by a range of elected officials from both parties. In addition to the local candidates, citizens also have access to state representatives, senators and congressional representatives from the district. In recent years there has been much debate around issues such as healthcare, education and environment, with all levels of government working together to serve the people of Goochland County. With its strong sense of community, Goochland County is a place where locals can make their voices heard and have their concerns addressed by elected officials at every level.
The political climate in Goochland County, VA is moderately conservative.
In Goochland County, VA 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Goochland county remained very strongly Republican, 58.8% to 39.4%.
Goochland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Goochland County, VA is moderately conservative.
Richmond Metro Area is moderately liberal.
Virginia is somewhat 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.
Goochland, Virginia: 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 Goochland County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,650 contributions totaling $238,197 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 558 contributions totaling $228,820 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $410 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)