Morris, IL is a small city located in Grundy County. The city has a long and storied history of progressive politics and civic involvement. As the state capital, Morris has become an important center for political activity. A number of local politicians serve on the city council and other boards, with many of them having served in some capacity for decades. Residents take part in town hall meetings to discuss issues that are important to them, and members of the community also volunteer their time to help out with various causes. The people of Morris have always had a strong sense of civic responsibility and pride in their community.
The political climate in Morris, IL is moderately conservative.
Grundy County, IL is strongly conservative. In Grundy County, IL 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grundy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.8% to 36.0%.
Grundy county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Morris, IL is moderately conservative.
Grundy County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very liberal.
Illinois 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.
Morris, Illinois: r 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 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 Morris, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,220 contributions totaling $160,435 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,480 contributions totaling $189,525 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)