Monroe County, Michigan is a county located in the southeastern portion of the state. The county has a rich history, with many cultural and political influences throughout its long history. In terms of politics, Monroe County is a part of the 5th Congressional District, which is currently represented by Democrat Dan Kildee. At the state level, Monroe County is represented by Senator Dale Zorn and representatives Joe Bellino and Jason Sheppard. On the local level, the county board of commissioners consists of Chairman Tony Stamas, Treasurer Thomas Redmond, Clerk Brian Rice and Commissioners John Comerford, Diane Damerow-Cleaver and Alan Jagar. Monroe voters have consistently voted for Democratic candidates in national elections since 2008 and have been predominantly Democratic since 2000.
The political climate in Monroe County, MI is moderately conservative.
In Monroe County, MI 37.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 37.8%.
Monroe county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Monroe County, MI is moderately conservative.
Monroe Metro Area is moderately conservative.
Michigan 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, Michigan: d r d d 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, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,639 contributions totaling $236,531 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,166 contributions totaling $323,845 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $278 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)