Monroe Center, IL is an area with a long and proud history of democratic politics. For many years, the locals have been able to elect a number of great leaders who have served the town well and kept its citizens safe. The current mayor is James Smith, who has been in office since 2012. He is actively working to ensure that Monroe Center remains one of the most vibrant communities in the region. In addition, there are many experienced city council members who work hard to ensure citizens' voices are heard at City Hall. Everyone can be sure that their opinions will be taken seriously when it comes to making decisions about their community鈥檚 future.
The political climate in Monroe Center, IL is strongly conservative.
Ogle County, IL is strongly conservative. In Ogle County, IL 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ogle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 35.8%.
Ogle county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Monroe Center, IL is strongly conservative.
Ogle County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Rochelle Metro Area is strongly conservative.
Illinois is moderately 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 Center, Illinois: 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Monroe Center, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $310 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,715 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)