Mount Morris, IL is a small town located in Ogle County in the state of Illinois. It has a rich history and a tight-knit community of citizens who take pride in their town. Despite its size, Mount Morris is an important factor in local politics due to its proximity with Rockford, IL. While no local political candidates currently hail from Mount Morris, the town's residents are still active participants in local electoral contests and regularly show up to vote on important issues. In recent years, the citizens of Mount Morris have been vocal advocates for improving infrastructure and public services as they strive towards making the town an even better place to live. The people of Mount Morris demonstrate their voracity for political participation by staying informed about current events and issues that affect their community.
The political climate in Mount Morris, IL is somewhat conservative.
Ogle County, IL is strongly conservative. In Ogle County, IL 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ogle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 35.8%.
Ogle county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Morris, IL is somewhat conservative.
Ogle County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Rochelle Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Mount Morris, Illinois: 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 Mount Morris, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $1,792 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $3,426 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)