Goshen, Arkansas is a small town located in the Ozark Mountains in northwest Arkansas. The city has an estimated population of 1,735 people as of 2019 and is known for its natural beauty and rural charm. Politically, Goshen is largely conservative and votes Republican in most elections. Local politics are focused on maintaining the quality of life that the town’s residents have come to expect, including keeping taxes low, public safety high, and giving citizens access to quality services such as education and healthcare. The local political scene generally consists of grassroots campaigns that put a priority on finding solutions to the issues that affect daily life in Goshen. Candidates tend to be well-known figures in the community who have experience working with local organizations or who are knowledgeable about local issues.
The political climate in Goshen, AR is somewhat conservative.
Washington County, AR is leaning conservative. In Washington County, AR 46.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained Republican, 50.4% to 46.5%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Goshen, AR is somewhat conservative.
Washington County, Arkansas is leaning conservative.
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metro Area is moderately conservative.
Arkansas is strongly 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.
Goshen, Arkansas: 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 Goshen, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,165 contributions totaling $1,433,605 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 903 contributions totaling $397,830 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $441 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)