Monroe, CT is located in Fairfield County and is made up of 15,000 residents. It is a small town with a great sense of community and pride. With its population size, Monroe has no local political candidates running for office. The town instead votes collectively on statewide initiatives and representatives that are voted on by the entire state of Connecticut. Monroe residents take part in national elections as well, casting their ballot for president or other national offices. Residents feel connected to their state’s politics and take their civic duty seriously when it comes to voting in the various elections held throughout the year. While there may not be any local politicians in Monroe, the citizens do their part by voting in both state and national elections to decide who will represent them and affect public policy at large.
The political climate in Zip 06468 (Monroe, CT) is somewhat liberal.
Fairfield County, CT is strongly liberal. In Fairfield County, CT 62.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfield county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.9% to 35.7%.
Fairfield county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06468 (Monroe, CT) is somewhat liberal.
Monroe, Connecticut is somewhat liberal.
Fairfield County, Connecticut is strongly liberal.
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk Metro Area is strongly liberal.
Connecticut is moderately 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, Connecticut: d 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 zip 06468 (Monroe)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,021 contributions totaling $442,925 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $434 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 117 contributions totaling $88,133 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $753 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)