Morgan County, TN is a rural location in the state of Tennessee and is governed by the Morgan County Government. It is overseen by a Board of County Commissioners, who are responsible for setting local policy and providing public services such as law enforcement, road maintenance, and public health. The Board is composed of five members who are elected from the county's five districts. There are also various other local government bodies such as the sheriff's office, school board, county clerk's office, and district attorney's office. Each of these offices plays an important role in the political structure of Morgan County and serves to ensure that the citizens' interests are respected. In addition to these entities, there are also numerous organizations within Morgan County that serve to advocate for local issues and political causes. These organizations strive to ensure that all residents have their voices heard when it comes to making decisions that affect their community.
The political climate in Morgan County, TN is very conservative.
In Morgan County, TN 14.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morgan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.2% to 14.2%.
Morgan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Morgan County, TN is very conservative.
Knoxville Metro Area is strongly conservative.
Tennessee 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, Tennessee: 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 County, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 111 contributions totaling $13,132 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $9,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)