Thompson, IA is a small town in northern Iowa with a population of around 1,500. Despite its size, the town has a vibrant political culture and takes pride in its local elections. The mayor and city council are elected every four years to represent the interests of the community. There are two major political parties in Thompson: Republicans and Democrats. Local issues such as taxes, housing, zoning, infrastructure, and public safety often drive the debate between candidates. During election season, residents come out to vote for their preferred candidates in an effort to improve their hometown. The people of Thompson take participatory politics seriously and strive to build a better future for their community.
The political climate in Thompson, IA is moderately conservative.
Winnebago County, IA is strongly conservative. In Winnebago County, IA 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winnebago county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.1% to 35.8%.
Winnebago county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Thompson, IA is moderately conservative.
Winnebago County, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Iowa is leaning 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.
Thompson, Iowa: d 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 Thompson, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $20 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $10 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)