Monroe County, Arkansas is a small rural county located in the southeastern corner of the state. It has a population of just over 8,000 people and covers nearly 540 square miles. While Monroe County does not have its own local government or elected officials, it does have local representation through the state legislature. The people of Monroe County are served by four state representatives who represent their interests in Little Rock at the Capitol. These representatives stay in touch with their constituents by attending community meetings, holding town hall meetings, and hosting events throughout the year to discuss issues important to their constituents. Additionally, they also work together with other legislators to ensure that they can make an impact on legislation for all Arkansans. With their dedication and hard work, these representatives strive to ensure that all voices are heard in Monroe County and that every resident is represented fairly.
The political climate in Monroe County, AR is somewhat conservative.
In Monroe County, AR 40.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 40.7%.
Monroe county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Monroe County, AR is somewhat conservative.
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Arkansas is strongly conservative.
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, Arkansas: D D 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 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, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $12,510 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $894 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $5,314 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)