Monroe, NY is a small town located in Orange County, New York. It is home to around 22,000 people and offers its residents a quiet and peaceful atmosphere. The local politics of Monroe involve the governing body of the Town Supervisor, Town Council, and Town Clerk. These officials are elected by the citizens of Monroe every two years during municipal elections. The current Town Supervisor is Robert Rolison who has been in office since 2010. He works to ensure that local government initiatives are being addressed adequately and that the needs of the community are met efficiently. The Town Council consists of four members elected by district who work together to create legislation that applies to all residents of Monroe. Finally, the Town Clerk is responsible for maintaining accurate records of all past and present meetings between elected officials and members of the public. In short, Monroe’s local politics concern itself primarily with addressing community issues while striving to work on behalf of all citizens fairly and transparently
The political climate in Monroe, NY is leaning liberal.
Orange County, NY is leaning liberal. In Orange County, NY 49.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained narrowly Republican, 49.3% to 49.2%.
Orange county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Monroe, NY is leaning liberal.
Orange County, New York is leaning liberal.
New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Monroe, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,962 contributions totaling $452,533 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,980 contributions totaling $679,735 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $343 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)