Monroe County, Wisconsin is a politically active area with a wide variety of political views. The county is home to a diverse population and has an array of elected officials representing the interests of their constituents. At the federal level, Monroe County residents are represented by Congressman Ron Kind and Senator Tammy Baldwin in Congress. At the state level, Monroe County is represented by State Representative Jill Billings and Senator Luther Olsen. Locally, the county is served by a Board of Supervisors who work to ensure that everyone’s needs are met. Residents can get involved in local politics through voting for their preferred candidates or joining local activist groups like Indivisible Monroe. With so many voices represented in Monroe County's political scene, citizens have the opportunity to make their voices heard and help shape how government decisions are made.
The political climate in Monroe County, WI is moderately conservative.
In Monroe County, WI 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 37.3%.
Monroe county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Monroe County, WI is moderately conservative.
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Wisconsin 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, Wisconsin: r r d 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, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 832 contributions totaling $50,697 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 417 contributions totaling $105,258 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)