Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania is a small town located in Wayne County that is home to about 500 people. The politics in Gouldsboro are centered around their local government, which consists of a mayor and four council members who each represent the four different wards in the borough. Elections for these positions take place every two years, with all of the seats being up for election at the same time. Residents of Gouldsboro have always been passionate about their local politics; they often turn out in large numbers to cast their votes on matters that affect the community directly. In addition to voting on local issues, residents also have an active voice in state and national politics through active participation in political rallies, protests, and other forms of civic engagement.
The political climate in Gouldsboro, PA is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, PA is very conservative. In Wayne County, PA 32.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.7%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gouldsboro, PA is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
East Stroudsburg Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
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.
Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania: 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 Gouldsboro, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 910 contributions totaling $105,012 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 253 contributions totaling $34,465 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)