Thompsonville, CT is a small town located in northern Connecticut with a population of around 6,000 people. It has been governed by a mayor-council form of government for over 50 years. The current mayor is Sam Smith, who was elected in 2019 and will be up for re-election in 2023. The town council consists of nine members that represent the various areas within Thompsonville. They are responsible for approving budgets, setting policy guidelines, and making decisions on local issues. The council meetings are open to the public and residents are encouraged to attend and provide feedback on matters before them. Additionally, there are several other political organizations within Thompsonville including several grassroots groups that work to promote community engagement in the decision-making process.
The political climate in Thompsonville, CT is moderately liberal.
Hartford County, CT is strongly liberal. In Hartford County, CT 63.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hartford county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.1% to 35.4%.
Hartford county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Thompsonville, CT is moderately liberal.
Hartford County, Connecticut is strongly liberal.
Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown Metro Area is strongly liberal.
Connecticut 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.
Thompsonville, Connecticut: D D D D D D
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 Thompsonville, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,410 contributions totaling $68,351 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 202 contributions totaling $26,805 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)