Monroe County, Mississippi has a long history of politics and civic engagement. There is a strong sense of community in Monroe County, and the people are passionate about their political beliefs. The county is represented in the state legislature by seven elected representatives, which allows for robust representation of all constituents. Over the years, Monroe County has seen many different political parties come to power, with both Republicans and Democrats having held positions throughout local government. Each election cycle brings new candidates to the forefront, offering the citizens of Monroe County an important opportunity to select who they believe will best represent their interests. As such, Monroe County politics can be highly competitive and engaging for its residents.
The political climate in Monroe County, MS is strongly conservative.
In Monroe County, MS 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 34.0%.
Monroe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Monroe County, MS is strongly conservative.
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Mississippi is moderately 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, Mississippi: 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, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 174 contributions totaling $8,486 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 190 contributions totaling $214,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)