Goldsby, OK is a small town in McClain County with a population of just over 3,000. The town is served by two governing bodies: the Goldsby Town Council and the McClain County Commissioners. Each of these organizations have the responsibility for making decisions that affect the town’s residents. The most recent mayoral election saw incumbent mayor Robert J. Hatchett winning re-election to serve a third term in office. The Town Council is responsible for setting local taxes, developing budgets, assessing zoning regulations, and enforcing town ordinances. The McClain County Commissioners are responsible for overseeing county services such as road maintenance, law enforcement, and public health initiatives. All local political candidates must be registered voters in Goldsby to run for office and receive votes from the citizens of Goldsby. These elected officials have an important role in making sure that the citizens of Goldsby have a voice in their government and that their needs are met.
The political climate in Goldsby, OK is strongly conservative.
McClain County, OK is very conservative. In McClain County, OK 18.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McClain county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.5% to 18.6%.
McClain county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Goldsby, OK is strongly conservative.
McClain County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Oklahoma City Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
Oklahoma is very 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.
Goldsby, Oklahoma: 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 Goldsby, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,107 contributions totaling $507,777 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,425 contributions totaling $527,317 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $370 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)