Goshen, Virginia is a small town located in the southeastern part of the state. With its population of around 650, it is one of the smallest municipalities in the United States. The town was founded by a group of settlers from Pennsylvania and England in 1753 and was originally called Goshen Swamp. In recent years, the Goshen community has been represented by local political candidates who have sought to make positive changes in their town through government initiatives and public service. The current mayor is Bob Leachman, who has served since 2010. He has been re-elected twice since then and works closely with the other members of the town council to ensure that they are addressing all the needs of Goshen’s citizens. The council works hard to maintain good relations with both local business owners and residents alike, while also trying to increase economic development opportunities for the area. They also work closely with nearby cities to share resources and strengthen relationships between communities. Overall, politics in 24439 Goshen, VA is very much localized and focused on making sure that everyone’s needs are met in order for this small community to thrive and continue growing for many more generations to come.
The political climate in Zip 24439 (Goshen, VA) is strongly conservative.
Rockbridge County, VA is very conservative. In Rockbridge County, VA 33.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockbridge county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 33.0%.
Rockbridge county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24439 (Goshen, VA) is strongly conservative.
Goshen, Virginia is strongly conservative.
Rockbridge County, Virginia is very conservative.
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Virginia is somewhat 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.
Goshen, Virginia: 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 24439 (Goshen)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $96 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)