Goldfield, IA is a small rural town located in Wright County. It is home to approximately 800 people who are mostly employed in agriculture and local businesses. The political atmosphere in Goldfield is generally quite peaceful with the major focus being on the well-being of the entire community. Local politics are conducted mainly through a town council which consists of 5 members elected by the citizens of Goldfield. The council meets regularly to discuss matters such as infrastructure, zoning regulations, and budgeting. There are also numerous other local committees that work together to ensure that the needs of all residents are addressed. Residents have the opportunity to voice their opinions and concerns at these meetings or by contacting individual members of the council directly. In addition to these meetings, there are several local events throughout the year such as parades, festivals, and fairs which bring people from all corners of town together for fun and celebration.
The political climate in Goldfield, IA is strongly conservative.
Wright County, IA is very conservative. In Wright County, IA 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wright county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.1% to 31.9%.
Wright county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Goldfield, IA is strongly conservative.
Wright County, Iowa is very conservative.
Iowa 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.
Goldfield, Iowa: 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 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 Goldfield, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 225 contributions totaling $37,199 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)