Monroe Township is a small township in Snyder County, Pennsylvania with an estimated population of about 8,200. It is served by the Monroe Township Board of Supervisors and numerous other local political entities. The Board of Supervisors provides oversight and decision-making on various issues that pertain to the betterment and growth of the community. Important regional issues that affect Monroe Township are reviewed and addressed by this board through public hearings, meetings, and other forms of public input. Additionally, various elected officials who represent Monroe Township in Harrisburg are involved in advocating for legislation or initiatives that will benefit the township residents. Overall, residents of Monroe take an active role in supporting their political representatives to ensure they receive the representation they need.
The political climate in Monroe township (Snyder County), PA is strongly conservative.
Snyder County, PA is very conservative. In Snyder County, PA 25.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Snyder county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.9% to 25.6%.
Snyder county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Monroe township (Snyder County), PA is strongly conservative.
Snyder County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Selinsgrove Metro Area is very conservative.
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 township (Snyder County), Pennsylvania: 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 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 township (Snyder County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 721 contributions totaling $169,845 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 373 contributions totaling $35,808 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)