Thompson Springs, UT is a small rural community located in the southeastern part of Utah. Despite its small size, Thompson Springs has a vibrant local political scene that has been active for many years. The town regularly holds elections to elect representatives to positions on the town council and mayor. In these elections, local residents have the opportunity to make their voices heard and shape the future of their community. Local candidate forums are regularly held where citizens can meet with the candidates and learn more about their plans for the future of Thompson Springs. This helps to ensure that voters are informed when heading to the polls and that those elected represent what their constituents want. With such an active political atmosphere, Thompson Springs is sure to remain an engaged and empowered community for years to come.
The political climate in Thompson Springs, UT is leaning conservative.
Grand County, UT is somewhat liberal. In Grand County, UT 53.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grand county flipped strongly Democratic, 53.9% to 43.2%.
Grand county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Thompson Springs, UT is leaning conservative.
Grand County, Utah is somewhat liberal.
Utah is moderately 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 Springs, Utah: R r d r r 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 Thompson Springs, UT
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)