Monroe County, Illinois is a vibrant community with a strong political atmosphere. While there are no local political candidates currently running in the county, the county government is actively engaged in a variety of important issues and initiatives. The governing body of the county consists of the elected Board of Commissioners who work collaboratively to address concerns from residents across all parts of the county. The current issues that the board is addressing include infrastructure improvements, economic development, public safety, and environmental protection. In addition to the activities taking place at the local level, Monroe County has an active role in state politics as well. The county regularly sends representatives to Springfield to advocate on behalf of its citizens and is involved in statewide conversations related to healthcare reform, education reform, and other important aspects of public life. All together, Monroe County's political activity provides a platform for its citizens to drive meaningful change in their community.
The political climate in Monroe County, IL is very conservative.
In Monroe County, IL 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 31.0%.
Monroe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Monroe County, IL is very conservative.
St. Louis Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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, 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 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 Monroe County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 685 contributions totaling $91,601 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 426 contributions totaling $224,348 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $527 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)