Morris, NY is a small town located in the beautiful Chenango County. It is a community with a strong sense of civic pride and actively takes part in local politics. Currently, Mayor John Smith holds the title of Mayor, and he has been in office since 2017. The Town Council consists of seven members and they are all dedicated to making Morris a better place to live. They are committed to ensuring all citizens have access to resources such as public transportation, safe housing, quality education and more. Every year residents have the opportunity to vote for their local political candidates who represent their interests on the Town Council. Residents also take an active role in voicing their opinions through town hall meetings or online platforms that support an open dialogue about current issues facing the community.
The political climate in Zip 13808 (Morris, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Otsego County, NY is leaning conservative. In Otsego County, NY 46.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otsego county remained moderately Republican, 51.2% to 46.2%.
Otsego county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 13808 (Morris, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Morris, New York is somewhat conservative.
Otsego County, New York is leaning conservative.
Oneonta Metro Area is leaning conservative.
New York is moderately 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.
Morris, New York: r r d d 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 13808 (Morris)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $1,422 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)