Morton, MI is a small town located in the state of Michigan. The politics in Morton are driven by a locally elected city council. This council is composed of seven members who serve four-year terms and are responsible for governing the affairs of the community. The council is the main decision-making body in Morton, and it sets local laws and regulations governing the city's operations, sets budgets and tax rates, and approves or disapproves zoning requests from developers. They also participate in local initiatives such as identifying recreational facilities, infrastructure projects, and economic development strategies to attract businesses to the area. In addition to this, they are responsible for maintaining relationships with other townships throughout Michigan. The city council elections are held every two years, with each member being reelected once every four years by popular vote from Morton citizens.
The political climate in Morton, MI is strongly conservative.
Mecosta County, MI is strongly conservative. In Mecosta County, MI 35.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mecosta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.0%.
Mecosta county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Morton, MI is strongly conservative.
Mecosta County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Big Rapids Metro Area is strongly conservative.
Michigan is leaning 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.
Morton, Michigan: 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 Morton, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 343 contributions totaling $14,899 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 370 contributions totaling $23,548 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)