Morgan County in Illinois is a place of great political activity. There are currently many local political candidates who are running for office and campaigning in the county. The main focus of their campaigns is to improve the quality of life for residents by fighting for better education, job opportunities, and economic growth. They strive to make sure that all people in Morgan County have access to the resources they need to thrive and prosper. Voters have the power to make a change in their community through their votes and these candidates are looking to create lasting positive impacts. With a variety of ideas and different methods for achieving goals, Morgan County residents have a chance to make an impact on their community with their votes this election season.
The political climate in Morgan County, IL is very conservative.
In Morgan County, IL 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morgan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.9% to 33.1%.
Morgan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Morgan County, IL is very conservative.
Jacksonville Metro Area is very 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.
Morgan, 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 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, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 321 contributions totaling $21,523 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 444 contributions totaling $287,512 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $648 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)