Monroe, SD is a small rural town located in the southeastern corner of South Dakota. The town has a population of around 570 people and is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Mark Sanderson and the council members are Marge Steinbach, Steve Johnson, Matt Kliniski, and Brandon Erwin. The local political candidates for the upcoming mayoral election are incumbent Mark Sanderson and challenger Mike Janssen. Both campaigns have been working hard to make their case to the voters of Monroe, with each emphasizing their experience in the local government as well as their vision for the future of Monroe. Residents have been discussing various issues during this election season, including economic development, infrastructure improvements, tax policy changes, and public safety initiatives. Ultimately, it will be up to the citizens of Monroe to decide who will lead them into the next chapter by voting on election day in May 2021.
The political climate in Zip 57047 (Monroe, SD) is very conservative.
Turner County, SD is very conservative. In Turner County, SD 25.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Turner county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.3% to 25.0%.
Turner county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57047 (Monroe, SD) is very conservative.
Monroe, South Dakota is very conservative.
Turner County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Sioux Falls Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
South Dakota is strongly 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, South Dakota: 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 57047 (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 6 contributions totaling $3,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)