Goulds, FL is a small community located in Miami-Dade county with a population of about 8,000 people. It is governed by the local government similar to other cities in Florida. The mayor and commissioners are responsible for making decisions that affect the citizens of Goulds, such as creating policies on taxes, budgets, infrastructure and more. Additionally, local elections are held every two years to decide who will be elected to represent the community in office. Voters take into consideration such factors as experience, knowledge of local issues and leadership skills when making their decisions. Community members often take an active role in politics by attending meetings and speaking up during discussions about important topics. Working together, the leaders of Goulds strive to make the city a better place for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Goulds, FL is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Dade County, FL is leaning liberal. In Miami-Dade County, FL 53.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Miami-Dade county remained moderately Democratic, 53.3% to 46.0%.
Miami-Dade county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Goulds, FL is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Dade County, Florida is leaning liberal.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Goulds, Florida: 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Goulds, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,789 contributions totaling $102,158 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 352 contributions totaling $93,211 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)