Goodland, FL is a small town located in Collier County with a population of about 544 residents. The town operates under the same government structure as most other municipalities in Florida, with an elected Mayor and four members of the Town Council. The Mayor and Town Council are responsible for setting local policies, maintaining local infrastructure, identifying funding sources to support municipal projects, and ensuring citizen safety. Most recently, the Goodland Town Council has been focused on improving local businesses by creating incentives for entrepreneurs and promoting economic growth within the area. Additionally, they have put forth efforts towards increasing awareness of environmental issues related to conservation and sustainability. As a result of these efforts, the people of Goodland are also becoming more engaged in politics through their active participation in local elections.
The political climate in Zip 34140 (Goodland, FL) is moderately conservative.
Collier County, FL is strongly conservative. In Collier County, FL 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Collier county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.9% to 37.3%.
Collier county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34140 (Goodland, FL) is moderately conservative.
Goodland, Florida is moderately conservative.
Collier County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Naples-Marco Island Metro Area is strongly conservative.
Florida is leaning conservative.
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.
Goodland, Florida: 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 34140 (Goodland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $1,835 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $459 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)