Monroe Center is a Republican stronghold. About 24% of voters here vote Democratic and 76% Republican.
About 80% of adults in Monroe Center typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Monroe Center, ~19% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~20% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Monroe Center compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Monroe Center leans more Republican than 52 of 75 neighbors.
Monroe Center runs about 40 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.
Why Monroe Center leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Monroe Center, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 5% of adults in Monroe Center hold a bachelor's degree, about 18 points below the Ohio average of 23%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 85% of residents in Monroe Center drive to work alone, above 80% of cities. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 90% of households in Monroe Center are family households, in the top fraction of cities.
Renting and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Monroe Center, OH sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Monroe Center looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 94% of households in Monroe Center own their home, about 17 points above the Ohio average of 77%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Kelloggsville, OH R+51
- Pierpont, OH R+50
- Kingsville, OH R+42
- Steamburg, PA R+56
- Palmer, PA R+57
- Conneaut, OH R+25
- Denmark Center, OH R+51
- North Kingsville, OH R+30
- Pageville, PA R+45
Cities with Similar Populations
- Level Green, PA R+36
- Madisonville, NJ Even
- Beech Bottom, WV R+48
- Eagle Village, NY D+11
- Lakeside, TN R+66
- Holly Ridge, LA R+80
- Round Oak, GA R+51
- Kellerton, IA R+53
- Tulare, SD R+57
- Morris, IN R+63
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Ohio Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.