Monroe, LA, with zip code 71203, is a city located in Ouachita Parish. It is home to a variety of political organizations and parties. The most prominent of these are the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Both parties have been active in Monroe for many years, vying for control of local government and policy. They regularly hold political rallies and debates where citizens can voice their opinion on important local issues. Each party also has an active presence in Monroe’s community, taking part in events such as fundraisers and voter registration drives. With the upcoming election season soon approaching, Monroe residents can expect to see more political activity from both sides as they battle it out at the polls for control of the city’s government.
The political climate in Zip 71203 (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 71203 (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 71203 (Monroe)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 398 contributions totaling $29,800 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 296 contributions totaling $140,009 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $473 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)