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1876–2024
Monroe County, Michigan
Monroe County·Michigan

Monroe County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

Once a ticket-splitting bellwether, now among Michigan's most Republican counties

18762024·38 elections
Monroe County, Michigan · Charles W. Chapman · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+27
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
155,505
2024 ACS
Most similar
Roscommon County
MI · similarity 0.99
127 precincts · 91,488 votes cast
Trump · R+27
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−27.1%
32,62257,40591,488
2020R
−22.6%
32,97552,71087,148
2016R
−22.0%
26,86343,26174,655
2012D
+1.0%
36,31035,59373,095
2008D
+4.3%
39,18035,85876,422
2004R
−1.9%
36,08937,47074,132
2000D
+4.2%
31,55528,94061,795
1996D
+12.2%
26,07219,67852,529
1992D
+8.0%
24,95720,25059,031
1988R
−9.0%
21,84726,18948,324
1984R
−19.9%
19,61729,41949,287
1980R
−10.1%
20,57825,61249,964
1976D
+5.9%
23,29020,67644,597
1972R
−13.0%
17,72623,26342,479
1968D
+8.2%
18,92115,68539,572
1964D
+39.4%
26,52811,49938,111
1960D
+2.8%
19,68418,60738,423
1956R
−13.1%
14,41418,78233,305
1952R
−14.6%
12,75817,15930,074
1948R
−2.9%
10,43411,07021,824
1944R
−13.4%
10,27513,47823,836
1940R
−13.2%
10,36813,51723,945
1936D
+12.9%
11,0758,33021,284
1932D
+25.8%
12,4177,25520,010
1928R
−16.9%
7,24210,20217,507
1924R
−25.7%
4,9818,94015,383
1920R
−24.3%
5,2248,64614,096
1916D
+5.1%
4,2023,7878,119
1912D
+10.2%
2,9952,2537,297
1908R
−9.5%
3,4514,2067,926
1904R
−16.5%
3,1274,4077,739
1900R
−0.2%
3,8593,8767,929
1896D
+1.8%
4,2084,0538,421
1892D
+12.2%
3,7692,9147,021
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
1.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
23.4%
Mainline Protestant
5.5%
Other Christian
4.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.6%
Baptist
4.5%
Methodist
2.4%
Non-Christian
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Monroe County shifted sharply rightward over the past decade, posting an R+27 margin in 2024 after splitting more evenly in earlier cycles — a pattern common to blue-collar, majority-white counties along the western Lake Erie shore.

The Republican margin in Monroe County reached its widest at twenty-seven points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was twenty-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Monroe County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,335, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 155,505 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Roscommon County and Clare County.