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Monroe-El Dorado
presidential margin
2008R+26.02012R+24.22016R+30.22020R+31.12024R+36.1
full record · 1892 → 2024
R+36.1
2024
median income$49,075U.S. $80,734 · LA $60,756
median age37.9U.S. 39.1
poverty rate25.0%U.S. 12.5%
bachelor’s+ (25+)22.2%U.S. 35.6%
non-english3.9%U.S. 22.3%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
American10.6%
English9.3%
Irish6.7%
African American†33.8%
African0.4%
Mexican2.1%
Puerto Rican0.3%
Spanish0.2%
religion
other traditions
Black Protestant7.7%
Mainline4.7%
Latter-day Saints0.8%
Other Christian0.6%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents, unaffiliated is the unclaimed remainder.

Monroe-El Dorado, Louisiana

Akashic
Monroe-El DoradoTrumpR+36.1
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2024 presidential margin by county for Monroe-El Dorado, LAA map of the constituent counties of Monroe-El Dorado, LA, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Concordia Parish, LA · R+29.3Union Parish, LA · R+57.0West Carroll Parish, LA · R+74.0Caldwell Parish, LA · R+72.5Ashley County, AR · R+48.0Franklin Parish, LA · R+49.2Lincoln Parish, LA · R+25.5Madison Parish, LA · D+6.2Richland Parish, LA · R+39.4Morehouse Parish, LA · R+19.3Tensas Parish, LA · R+4.3Jackson Parish, LA · R+47.6Catahoula Parish, LA · R+50.6Winn Parish, LA · R+54.4Ouachita Parish, LA · R+27.9Union County, AR · R+33.5LaSalle Parish, LA · R+82.7East Carroll Parish, LA · D+17.6
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican67.4%129,975
Kamala HarrisDemocratic31.4%60,447
Jill SteinGreen1.2%2,305
D+60
R+60
18 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
County-level results (18 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Monroe-El Dorado, LA — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Ashley County, ARRepublicanR+48.0
Caldwell Parish, LARepublicanR+72.5
Catahoula Parish, LARepublicanR+50.6
Concordia Parish, LARepublicanR+29.3
East Carroll Parish, LADemocraticD+17.6
Franklin Parish, LARepublicanR+49.2
Jackson Parish, LARepublicanR+47.6
LaSalle Parish, LARepublicanR+82.7
Lincoln Parish, LARepublicanR+25.5
Madison Parish, LADemocraticD+6.2
Morehouse Parish, LARepublicanR+19.3
Ouachita Parish, LARepublicanR+27.9
Richland Parish, LARepublicanR+39.4
Tensas Parish, LARepublicanR+4.3
Union County, ARRepublicanR+33.5
Union Parish, LARepublicanR+57.0
West Carroll Parish, LARepublicanR+74.0
Winn Parish, LARepublicanR+54.4
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
31.4%Harris60,447
67.4%Trump129,975
1.2%Stein2,305
−36.1%
192,727
R
33.7%Biden70,772
64.8%Trump136,068
1.6%Jorgensen3,263
−31.1%
210,103
R
33.8%Clinton69,706
64.0%Trump132,093
2.3%Johnson4,683
−30.2%
206,482
R
37.2%Obama78,221
61.5%Romney129,144
1.3%Johnson2,724
−24.2%
210,089
R
36.4%Obama77,235
62.4%McCain132,502
1.3%Paul2,706
−26.0%
212,443
R
35.9%Kerry73,798
62.9%Bush129,364
1.2%Nader2,443
−27.0%
205,605
R
38.7%Gore73,446
58.3%Bush110,799
3.0%Nader5,742
−19.7%
189,987
D
47.9%Clinton92,484
42.9%Dole82,819
9.3%Perot17,928
+5.0%
193,231
D
43.3%Clinton87,105
41.9%Bush84,408
14.8%Perot29,793
+1.3%
201,306
R
35.8%Dukakis66,186
61.6%Bush113,847
2.7%Duke4,924
−25.8%
184,957
R
32.6%Mondale65,083
65.7%Reagan131,406
1.7%Johnson3,404
−33.2%
199,893
R
41.3%Carter77,479
55.9%Reagan104,792
2.8%Anderson5,192
−14.6%
187,463
R
47.7%Carter79,509
50.6%Ford84,296
1.7%Maddox2,828
−2.9%
166,633
R
24.6%McGovern34,287
71.0%Nixon99,027
4.4%Schmitz6,206
−46.4%
139,520
O
22.4%Humphrey32,782
21.9%Nixon32,043
55.7%Wallace81,362
Wallace +33.2
146,187
R
22.4%Johnson26,143
77.4%Goldwater90,096
0.2%Hass227
−54.9%
116,466
R
31.5%Kennedy27,198
44.3%Nixon38,278
24.2%Byrd20,851
−12.8%
86,327
R
36.6%Stevenson27,083
41.6%Eisenhower30,779
21.8%Andrews16,127
−5.0%
73,989
D
55.6%Stevenson48,278
44.3%Eisenhower38,438
0.0%Hallinan38
+11.3%
86,754
O
40.7%Truman22,658
10.2%Dewey5,656
49.1%Thurmond27,289
Thurmond +8.3
55,603
D
75.6%Roosevelt35,316
24.3%Dewey11,375
0.1%Thomas37
+51.2%
46,728
D
87.9%Roosevelt45,540
12.0%Willkie6,226
0.1%Thomas28
+75.9%
51,794
D
90.6%Roosevelt38,854
9.3%Landon3,994
0.1%Lemke29
+81.3%
42,877
D
95.2%Roosevelt37,694
4.4%Hoover1,757
0.4%Thomas158
+90.7%
39,609
D
69.9%Smith19,279
30.0%Hoover8,280
0.0%Thomas13
+39.9%
27,572
D
79.9%Davis12,529
17.1%Coolidge2,684
3.0%La Follette466
+62.8%
15,679
D
81.5%Cox14,519
16.5%Harding2,937
2.0%Debs351
+65.0%
17,807
D
92.5%Wilson13,017
7.3%Hughes1,025
0.2%Benson30
+85.2%
14,072
D
73.6%Wilson8,673
6.2%Taft733
20.2%Roosevelt2,379
+67.4%
11,785
D
77.6%Bryan9,106
16.5%Taft1,938
5.9%Debs696
+61.1%
11,740
D
85.6%Parker7,082
13.0%Roosevelt1,079
1.3%Debs109
+72.6%
8,270
D
82.5%Bryan8,187
17.0%McKinley1,688
0.5%Woolley45
+65.5%
9,920
D
90.4%Bryan18,599
8.1%McKinley1,665
1.5%Palmer310
+82.3%
20,574
D
82.0%Cleveland23,428
17.3%Harrison4,937
0.7%Weaver198
+64.7%
28,563
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1892 to 2024. Most recent: −36.1% in 2024.flipped R · 2000−36.1%DR18922024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1892+64.7%
1896+82.3%
1900+65.5%
1904+72.6%
1908+61.1%
1912+67.4%
1916+85.2%
1920+65.0%
1924+62.8%
1928+39.9%
1932+90.7%
1936+81.3%
1940+75.9%
1944+51.2%
1948+30.6%
1952+11.3%
1956−5.0%
1960−12.8%
1964−54.9%
1968+0.5%
1972−46.4%
1976−2.9%
1980−14.6%
1984−33.2%
1988−25.8%
1992+1.3%
1996+5.0%
2000−19.7%
2004−27.0%
2008−26.0%
2012−24.2%
2016−30.2%
2020−31.1%
2024−36.1%
DemocraticRepublican

Straddling the state line along the Ouachita River corridor, this media market blends Arkansas's oil-patch economy around El Dorado with Monroe's Louisiana agricultural and manufacturing base, producing a reliably conservative electorate with limited urban-rural variation.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 90.7 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 54.9 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 5.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 36.1 points.

A population of 456,966, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,075 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston and Shreveport.

Political twins — media markets

The media markets whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston
Mississippi
96.9twin score
% Evangelical% unaffiliated% Black
Shreveport
Louisiana
95.5twin score
% Evangelical% unaffiliated% Black
Hattiesburg-Laurel
Mississippi
94.6twin score
% Evangelical% Black2008 margin≠ American ancestry

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Places within Monroe-El Dorado

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Frequently asked questions

How did Monroe-El Dorado, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Monroe-El Dorado, Louisiana voted Republican by 36.1 points (R+36.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 192,727 votes cast, 60,447 went Democratic and 129,975 went Republican.
When did Monroe-El Dorado, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Monroe-El Dorado, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Monroe-El Dorado, Louisiana?
Monroe-El Dorado, Louisiana has a population of 456,966 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Monroe-El Dorado, Louisiana?
Median household income in Monroe-El Dorado, Louisiana is $49,075 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Monroe-El Dorado, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Monroe-El Dorado, Louisiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.