Monroe, IA County is a rural area that holds strong to traditional values. The county's politics center around issues such as education, healthcare, agricultural rights and infrastructure improvement. Local political candidates focus on finding solutions to these issues and ways to make the community a better place for all its citizens. Candidates often come from farming backgrounds and are familiar with how state-level politics can affect local issues. In order to get elected in Monroe, IA County candidates need to show their knowledge of the local community and build relationships with its members. They must also understand the unique needs of the area and be willing to work together for the betterment of all its citizens.
The political climate in Monroe County, IA is very conservative.
In Monroe County, IA 26.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.8% to 26.4%.
Monroe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Monroe County, IA is very conservative.
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Iowa is leaning 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, Iowa: 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, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 194 contributions totaling $19,246 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $22,889 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $352 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)