Morgan County, Indiana is a rural area located in central Indiana. The county has traditionally been a stronghold for the Republican Party in the state. In recent years, local elections have seen a rise in candidates from both major political parties. Morgan County residents are often conservative and tend to support candidates who represent conservative values and principles. Local elections typically draw an active voter turnout due to residents’ interest in choosing representatives that share their values. Statewide politics also affect county policy as much of the legislation passed by the state legislature affects Morgan County residents’ daily lives. This makes local elections even more important to voters because they can have an immediate impact on their community.
The political climate in Morgan County, IN is very conservative.
In Morgan County, IN 21.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morgan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.0% to 21.5%.
Morgan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Morgan County, IN is very conservative.
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Indiana is somewhat 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, Indiana: 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, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,494 contributions totaling $170,998 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 953 contributions totaling $223,977 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)