The 71201 Monroe, LA area is located in Ouachita Parish and has a strong political presence. It is home to many elected leaders who have made an impact in the local community. Residents are very involved in the political process and can often be seen taking part in protests, attending local debates and rallying for their respective candidates. The major political parties represented in the 71201 Monroe, LA area are the Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Libertarians and Green Party members. There are a variety of issues that are discussed at these events such as education reform, economic development and civil rights. Local representatives often work hard to ensure that their constituents' voices are heard on these topics. They also strive to create an atmosphere of collaboration between different party representatives while still advocating for their own party’s platforms. Regardless of what party affiliation you may have or which candidate you support, everyone can agree that politics in 71201 Monroe, LA is an important issue that affects us all.
The political climate in Zip 71201 (Monroe, LA) is somewhat conservative.
Ouachita County, LA is moderately conservative. In Ouachita County, LA 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ouachita parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.1% to 37.5%.
Ouachita county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71201 (Monroe, LA) is somewhat conservative.
Monroe, Louisiana is somewhat conservative.
Ouachita County, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
Monroe Metro Area is strongly conservative.
Louisiana 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, Louisiana: 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 zip 71201 (Monroe)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 779 contributions totaling $94,460 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 650 contributions totaling $417,696 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $643 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)