Morgantown, IN is a small town located in Hancock County with a population of around 2,500 people. It is governed by an elected town board, comprised of three members. The town board is responsible for making decisions on the local government and services provided to the residents. Elections are held every two years to elect new board members. In addition, local citizens can also vote to elect representatives that will advocate for their interests in state or county government. Currently, there are no candidates running for political office from Morgantown but citizens still have the chance to be involved in the political process by voting and attending meetings concerning local issues. Voting is one way of having a voice in government and giving back to the community.
The political climate in Zip 46160 (Morgantown, IN) is very conservative.
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
Zip 46160 (Morgantown, IN) is very conservative.
Morgantown, Indiana is very conservative.
Morgan County, Indiana 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.
Morgantown, 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 zip 46160 (Morgantown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 996 contributions totaling $47,159 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $8,385 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)