Monroe County, Indiana is home to a vibrant and engaged political scene. Every election season, Monroe County residents come together to choose their local representatives and make their voices heard. The county boasts three congressional districts, all of which are held by Republican representatives. On the state level, Monroe County is represented by two senators and three representatives in the State House of Representatives from both parties. In addition to the federal and state representation, Monroe County also has numerous local offices that are filled by residents each election season including those for Commissioners, Auditor, Clerk, Prosecutor and Sheriff just to name a few. Residents of Monroe County take pride in their right to choose who will be leading them at the local level and participate actively in the process every year.
The political climate in Monroe County, IN is strongly liberal.
In Monroe County, IN 63.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.1% to 34.9%.
Monroe county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Monroe County, IN is strongly liberal.
Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
Indiana is somewhat 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, Indiana: r d 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, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,867 contributions totaling $1,834,272 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,487 contributions totaling $794,220 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $534 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)