Goldendale, WA is a small town located in Klickitat County of Washington state. The town has a strong sense of community and its politics reflect that. Local politics in Goldendale are focused on the issues that directly affect the people living there, such as healthcare, education and job opportunities. Furthermore, members of the town actively participate in local government by attending council meetings and engaging in discussions about current issues. As a result, Goldendale has an engaged population who take an active role in their own political destiny.
The political climate in Goldendale, WA is leaning conservative.
Klickitat County, WA is somewhat conservative. In Klickitat County, WA 43.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Klickitat county remained moderately Republican, 53.4% to 43.9%.
Klickitat county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Goldendale, WA is leaning conservative.
Klickitat County, Washington is somewhat conservative.
Washington is moderately 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.
Goldendale, Washington: R R d 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 Goldendale, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 417 contributions totaling $15,293 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 198 contributions totaling $30,485 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)