The city of Monroe, IA (50170) is a small rural community located in Jasper County with a population of around 2,000 people. It is governed by the Monroe City Council, which consists of five members elected to serve four-year terms on a nonpartisan basis. Each council member is responsible for representing their respective ward and making decisions on matters that affect the entire community. As an example, recent topics of discussion have included zoning ordinances, budgeting efforts and infrastructure improvements. Locally elected officials have been vocal about their commitment to engaging with citizens and fostering a sense of unity within the city. Additionally, they believe in creating an environment where businesses can thrive and residents can live comfortably. The goal is to ensure that all parts of the city are represented and that everyone has an opportunity to be heard in city government decisions.
The political climate in Zip 50170 (Monroe, IA) is moderately conservative.
Jasper County, IA is moderately conservative. In Jasper County, IA 38.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jasper county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 38.3%.
Jasper county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50170 (Monroe, IA) is moderately conservative.
Monroe, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Jasper County, Iowa is moderately 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 d 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 zip 50170 (Monroe)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $16,259 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)