Monroe County, Georgia is located in the heart of the Peach state and is home to an abundance of history and culture. The county has a long-standing history with politics, with its first local government being formed in 1820. In recent years, the area has seen many local elections take place, from the election of mayors and city council members to representatives in state and federal government. Local issues such as education reform, economic development, public safety, and infrastructure improvements are all important topics to residents of Monroe County. With a vibrant political scene and an engaged population that takes part in local elections, Monroe County can be counted on to continue to be a leader in politics throughout the state of Georgia.
The political climate in Monroe County, GA is very conservative.
In Monroe County, GA 28.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.9% to 28.1%.
Monroe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Monroe County, GA is very conservative.
Macon-Bibb County Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Georgia 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, Georgia: 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 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, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 266 contributions totaling $8,851 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 129 contributions totaling $21,088 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)