Editing Morgan, Vermont (section)

==Government==

===Town===

* Selectman (2007–2010) – Robie Guyer<ref>Voter support school budget, keep woodlot, ''The Chronicle'', March 7, 2007, page 25</ref>
* Agent – Jane Malgeri
* Delinquent Tax Collector – Jim Judd
* Auditor – Donna Young
* Lister – Deanna Keenan
* Road Commissioner – Shawn Austin
* Grand Juror – Cyrus Benson
* Grand Juror – Jane Malgeri
* Cemetery Commissioner (2007–2012) – Robert Cargill
* First Constable – Robert Cain
* Second Constable – Greg Wood

===Education===
No local elementary school

The local school district supports the Derby Elementary School.<ref>{{cite web |title=TOWN OF MORGAN 3 2019 PLAN |url=https://www.nvda.net/town_files/Morgan.Plan.3.25.19.pdf |website=Northeastern Vermont Development Association |publisher=Northeastern Vermont Development Association |access-date=December 27, 2023}}</ref>
* Member, School Board (2007–2010) – Kelly Paul
* Member, North Country School District – Mary Roy
* Budget – $561,000

===Politics===

Ninety percent of those registered turned out to vote in the 2008 general election, highest in the county.<ref>{{cite book |title = Voter turnout | publisher = the Chronicle | date = November 5, 2008}}</ref>

{| border = "2"
|+ Morgan town vote<br/> by party in presidential elections
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Third party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2024 United States presidential election|2024]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=VT Elections Database » 2024 President General Election |url=https://electionarchive.vermont.gov/elections/view/165927/ |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=VT Elections Database |language=en-US}}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |40.48% ''168''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''55.90%''' ''232''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |3.61% ''15''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]] <ref>{{Cite web |title=VT Elections Database » 2020 President General Election |url=https://electionarchive.vermont.gov/elections/view/144513/ |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=VT Elections Database |language=en-US}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|42.68% ''172''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.09%''' ''218''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|3.23% ''13''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electionarchive.vermont.gov/elections/view/82048/|title=VT Elections Database » 2016 President General Election}}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |29.53% ''101''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''57.60%''' ''197''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |12.87% ''44''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electionarchive.vermont.gov/elections/view/68979/|title=VT Elections Database » 2012 President General Election}}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |47.37% ''162''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''51.17%''' ''175''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |1.46% ''5''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electionarchive.vermont.gov/elections/view/75447/|title=VT Elections Database » 2008 President General Election}}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''50.92%''' ''193''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |47.49% ''180''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |1.58% ''6''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electionarchive.vermont.gov/elections/view/75531/|title=VT Elections Database » 2004 President General Election}}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |44.04% ''159''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''55.12%''' ''199''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |0.83% ''3''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electionarchive.vermont.gov/elections/view/75644/|title=VT Elections Database » 2000 President General Election}}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |39.26% ''137''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''53.30%''' ''186''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |7.45% ''26''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electionarchive.vermont.gov/elections/view/75763/|title=VT Elections Database » 1996 President General Election}}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''40.43%''' ''114''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |37.94% ''107''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |21.63% ''61''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electionarchive.vermont.gov/elections/view/75711/|title=VT Elections Database » 1992 President General Election}}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |31.42% ''104''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''34.74%''' ''115''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |33.84% ''112''
|-
|}

In modern times, Morgan, Vermont is a mostly Republican jurisdiction. The GOP candidates have carried Morgan in five of the last seven presidential elections. In 2008, [[Barack Obama]] became the lone Democratic presidential candidate in the last thirty years to win a majority of the vote. Morgan was one of only two Vermont towns to vote for [[Mitt Romney]] over [[Barack Obama]] in the 2012 presidential election.<ref>
{{cite web |title=2012 Election Results |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ |access-date=September 4, 2014 |publisher=[[US Election Atlas]]}}</ref> In 2016, [[Donald Trump]] improved on Romney's performance, and won the town by a margin of 27 points.