Thetford, MI is a small town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It has a population of about 637 people, and the politics of this small town are mainly focused on municipal matters. The main political issues affecting the town are taxation and improving local infrastructure. The Thetford City Council is responsible for making decisions regarding these local matters. Each year, residents can vote for their representatives on the City Council during elections. Local candidates running for office typically focus on issues such as reducing taxes, creating more jobs, and increasing funding for local schools and services. Residents also have an opportunity to engage directly with their representatives by attending city council meetings or engaging with them in other ways throughout the year.
The political climate in Thetford, MI is leaning conservative.
Genesee County, MI is somewhat liberal. In Genesee County, MI 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Genesee county remained moderately Democratic, 53.8% to 44.5%.
Genesee county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Thetford, MI is leaning conservative.
Genesee County, Michigan is somewhat liberal.
Flint Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Thetford, Michigan: 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 Thetford, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 811 contributions totaling $32,766 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 127 contributions totaling $15,696 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)