Thompson, MI is a small town located in the northern part of Michigan. The town is governed by an elected Mayor and City Council who are responsible for making decisions that affect the community. The Mayor and City Council are elected by local residents every four years, ensuring that the voices of Thompson's citizens are heard. Recently, there have been debates on important topics such as how to improve public safety, how to provide better services to residents, and how to address potential economic development opportunities. These debates bring out passionate opinions from all sides and help ensure that the best decision is made for the town's future. Although there may be disagreements between the different parties involved, everyone in Thompson is united in their commitment to make sure the community continues to thrive.
The political climate in Thompson, MI is strongly conservative.
Schoolcraft County, MI is strongly conservative. In Schoolcraft County, MI 33.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Schoolcraft county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 33.5%.
Schoolcraft county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Thompson, MI is strongly conservative.
Schoolcraft County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Michigan 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.
Thompson, Michigan: 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 Thompson, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 116 contributions totaling $9,908 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $9,275 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $281 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)