Monroe, WI (53566) is a small city located in Green County, Wisconsin. It is an area with a rich history and strong cultural roots that are evident throughout the community. Politically, Monroe is a conservative stronghold in the county and has traditionally voted Republican in state and national elections. In recent years, the local political scene has seen some changes with more progressive candidates gaining support from the community. There have been several local candidates running for office in Monroe, including Joe Smith for mayor and Patrice Walker for city council. Both are backed by numerous members of the community who are committed to seeing positive change take place in Monroe. Both candidates bring different perspectives to the table and have shared their vision of creating opportunity for all citizens of Monroe. With an upcoming election coming up this fall, it will be interesting to see which candidate will gain majority support from the citizens of Monroe.
The political climate in Zip 53566 (Monroe, WI) is leaning conservative.
Green County, WI is leaning liberal. In Green County, WI 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Green county remained Democratic, 50.7% to 47.5%.
Green county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53566 (Monroe, WI) is leaning conservative.
Monroe, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
Green County, Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
Madison Metro Area is very liberal.
Wisconsin is leaning 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, Wisconsin: 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 53566 (Monroe)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 611 contributions totaling $50,678 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 186 contributions totaling $160,904 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $865 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)