Morgan County is located in central Missouri, and it is home to a diverse range of citizens. Politically speaking, the county has a mixture of both Republican and Democratic voters. The county often sees candidates running for office from both major political parties, as well as independent candidates who focus on specific local issues. In recent years, some candidates have focused on the need to improve public schools and infrastructure in Morgan County, while others prioritize protecting the environment or advocating for criminal justice reform. No matter which candidate you support, they all strive to make Morgan County better for its residents.
The political climate in Morgan County, MO is very conservative.
In Morgan County, MO 20.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morgan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.4% to 20.3%.
Morgan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Morgan County, MO is very conservative.
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Missouri 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, Missouri: 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, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 505 contributions totaling $40,828 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 163 contributions totaling $32,259 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)