Monroe County, Pennsylvania is a large county located in the northeastern part of the state. It is home to plenty of bustling towns and cities, making it an ideal living location for those who enjoy city life. Politically, the county is represented by members of both the Republican and Democratic Parties at local, state, and national levels. Senators Bob Casey Jr. and Pat Toomey currently represent Monroe County in Washington D.C., while a number of representatives serve in Harrisburg. There are also several local officials within Monroe County that are responsible for managing its day-to-day affairs. Political involvement in Monroe County is high, with many elected officials taking part in debates about issues that affect people throughout the area. The county also has many active civic organizations and voting initiatives that continually strive to make their communities better places to live.
The political climate in Monroe County, PA is leaning liberal.
In Monroe County, PA 52.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained moderately Democratic, 52.4% to 46.1%.
Monroe county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Monroe County, PA is leaning liberal.
East Stroudsburg Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Pennsylvania is leaning 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.
Monroe, Pennsylvania: r r D D d d
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 Monroe County, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,264 contributions totaling $418,925 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,118 contributions totaling $289,185 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $259 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)