The town of Thermopolis, located in the northwest corner of Wyoming, is a small but vibrant community with a population of about 3,400. The town is governed by a mayor and four members of the city council who are elected by the people of Thermopolis every two years. The current mayor is Dave Smith and the council members are Shelly Johnson, Dave Kuehn, Tom Jones, and Nancy Ray. Together they work to ensure that the needs of citizens are being met and that their voices are heard throughout the community. The town has seen significant growth over recent years and continues to strive for economic development, improved infrastructure, and better services for its constituents. In addition to municipal issues, local elections often focus on state-wide concerns such as energy production, water rights, education reform and finding solutions to the state’s budget shortfall. Despite its small size, Thermopolis has an active political scene with multiple candidates vying for office every election cycle.
The political climate in Thermopolis, WY is strongly conservative.
Hot Springs County, WY is very conservative. In Hot Springs County, WY 18.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hot Springs county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 18.7%.
Hot Springs county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Thermopolis, WY is strongly conservative.
Hot Springs County, Wyoming is very conservative.
Wyoming is very 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.
Thermopolis, Wyoming: R R R 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 Thermopolis, WY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 218 contributions totaling $25,678 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 200 contributions totaling $27,074 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)