Morrow County is a rural county in Oregon, surrounded by Mount Hood National Forest and home to numerous farms and ranches. The county is served by the Morrow County Commission, which consists of five elected commissioners who are responsible for making decisions about local government policy and budgets. The commission meets regularly to discuss countywide issues and plan for future growth and development. Residents can get involved in local politics through voting for their preferred candidates in general elections or participating in public outreach initiatives or town hall meetings hosted by the county. The elected commission also serves as a conduit between citizens and state agencies, ensuring that communication between state officials and Morrow County residents stays open and productive at all times. This provides an important opportunity for citizens to voice their opinions on matters of importance to them, while also giving the county an opportunity to support state initiatives with its own resources if needed.
The political climate in Morrow County, OR is very conservative.
In Morrow County, OR 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morrow county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.1% to 26.8%.
Morrow county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Morrow County, OR is very conservative.
Hermiston-Pendleton Metro Area is very conservative.
Oregon 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.
Morrow, Oregon: 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 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 Morrow County, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $1,619 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 162 contributions totaling $22,076 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)