Thompson, IA has a population of around 1,000 people. It is a small, rural town nestled in the state’s northwest corner. While the town may be small, residents take great pride in their political engagement and involvement. Over the years Thompson has seen a variety of local candidates running for office in both municipal and state elections. Candidates include those from both the Democratic and Republican parties as well as independent voices that have stepped forward to run for various offices. One example of this is Bill Smith who ran for mayor in 2019 on an independent platform. Despite being outspent by his opponents, Smith managed to come within 3% of winning the election in what was a narrow margin. The outcome showed that small towns like Thompson have plenty of young people interested in getting more involved with local politics and that they should not be taken lightly when it comes to participation on Election Day.
The political climate in Zip 50478 (Thompson, IA) is strongly conservative.
Winnebago County, IA is strongly conservative. In Winnebago County, IA 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winnebago county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.1% to 35.8%.
Winnebago county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50478 (Thompson, IA) is strongly conservative.
Thompson, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Winnebago County, Iowa is strongly conservative.
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Iowa is leaning 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, Iowa: d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 50478 (Thompson)
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 2 contributions totaling $20 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $10 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)