Morris Township (Washington Cnty), PA is a small rural township located in Southwestern Pennsylvania. It is governed by a three-member Board of Supervisors, each elected to serve four-year terms. The Board of Supervisors is responsible for all the Township's affairs as set forth by the Pennsylvania State Constitution and the Township's governing ordinance. The current supervisors are Jack Smith, Bob Jones, and Tom Johnson. As Morris Township is a smaller township, local political candidates do not typically campaign here due to its low population size. Political issues that are brought to the board include zoning ordinances related to land use regulations, budgeting for various municipal services such as roads and streetscapes, and other public safety initiatives. The current supervisors have been largely working together in harmony to create policies and regulations that benefit those living in Morris Township.
The political climate in Morris township (Washington County), PA is strongly conservative.
Washington County, PA is moderately conservative. In Washington County, PA 38.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 38.0%.
Washington county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Morris township (Washington County), PA is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
Pittsburgh Metro Area is leaning conservative.
Pennsylvania 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.
Morris township (Washington County), Pennsylvania: d d 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 Morris township (Washington County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 194 contributions totaling $20,963 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 149 contributions totaling $24,452 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)