Morgan City, Louisiana is a vibrant and historic city located on the banks of the Atchafalaya River. It is home to a diverse population, including many families who have resided in the area for generations. The city has an active political scene, with numerous elected officials representing its residents at the local, state, and federal levels. On the local level, representatives are elected to the Morgan City Council, where decisions are made about services such as law enforcement, education, and infrastructure spending. The Morgan City Mayor serves as head of government for the city and presides over all official meetings. Elected state representatives from Morgan City serve in both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature. U.S Congressmen represent Morgan City’s constituents at the national level in Washington D.C., ensuring that their voices are heard on important issues like healthcare and immigration reform. All of these officials work tirelessly to ensure that Morgan City remains a safe and prosperous place for citizens to live and work.
The political climate in Morgan City, LA is somewhat conservative.
St. Mary County, LA is strongly conservative. In St. Mary County, LA 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Mary parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.7%.
St. Mary county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Morgan City, LA is somewhat conservative.
St. Mary County, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Morgan City Metro Area is strongly conservative.
Louisiana is moderately 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.
Morgan City, Louisiana: 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 Morgan City, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 165 contributions totaling $6,216 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 783 contributions totaling $838,920 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,071 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)