Fort Morgan, Colorado is a relatively small city located in northeastern Colorado with a population of just over 11,000 people. It is home to many local businesses and families, making it a great place to live and work. Local politics in Fort Morgan are centered around the Morgan County Board of Commissioners, which is made up of five elected officials from different parts of the county. This board sets policy for the county, makes budgetary decisions, and appoints other local officials like judges and district attorneys. In addition to the Morgan County Board of Commissioners, there are also two City Council members elected from wards within the city. The Council members serve four-year terms and they focus on local matters such as zoning ordinances and budgeting for infrastructure projects. Both the Board of Commissioners and City Council are responsible for representing their constituents’ needs to ensure that all citizens have access to quality public service. Voters in Fort Morgan can get involved by attending meetings or participating in elections.
The political climate in Zip 80701 (Fort Morgan, CO) is strongly conservative.
Morgan County, CO is very conservative. In Morgan County, CO 28.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morgan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.2%.
Morgan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80701 (Fort Morgan, CO) is strongly conservative.
Fort Morgan, Colorado is strongly conservative.
Morgan County, Colorado is very conservative.
Fort Morgan Metro Area is very conservative.
Colorado is somewhat 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.
Fort Morgan, Colorado: 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 zip 80701 (Fort Morgan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $2,458 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 195 contributions totaling $58,292 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $299 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)