Morton County, North Dakota is a politically diverse region that is home to many different viewpoints. The county has numerous political organizations dedicated to representing the interests of the local population, including the Morton County Democratic-NPL, Morton County Republican Party, and Morton County Libertarian Party. Each party has their own views on how to best represent the people of Morton County in both state and federal government. In addition to these groups, there are also several independent organizations that focus on encouraging civic engagement and promoting political awareness in the community. These organizations work to educate locals on current affairs and help them stay informed about important issues so they can make informed decisions when it comes time to vote. All of these groups strive to ensure that all residents of Morton County have a voice in their local politics.
The political climate in Morton County, ND is very conservative.
In Morton County, ND 23.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.7% to 23.3%.
Morton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Morton County, ND is very conservative.
Bismarck Metro Area is very conservative.
North Dakota is very 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.
Morton, North Dakota: 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 Morton County, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 286 contributions totaling $54,132 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 420 contributions totaling $180,885 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $431 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)