Morrison, IA is a small town of approximately 900 people located in Cedar County. The city is run by a mayor and a City Council made up of five members who are elected by the citizens of Morrison every four years. The local political scene in Morrison is fairly quiet, with most candidates running on platforms of fiscal responsibility and economic development. Current Mayor Bob Smith has been in office for eight years now and has worked hard to ensure that the city’s budget remains balanced while also investing in infrastructure upgrades like improvements to roads and streets. Similarly, the City Council members have focused their attention on making sure that all businesses within the city receive fair taxation and fees. The current council members also prioritize making sure that all citizens have access to high-quality services like parks, libraries, and recreational facilities.
The political climate in Morrison, IA is strongly conservative.
Grundy County, IA is very conservative. In Grundy County, IA 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grundy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 30.3%.
Grundy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Morrison, IA is strongly conservative.
Grundy County, Iowa is very conservative.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Morrison, Iowa: 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 Morrison, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 75 contributions totaling $4,520 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $17,302 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $577 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)