Monroe-El Dorado, Louisiana: Realigner market. In 2024, voted R+36%. Democratic peak: D+91 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+36MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 456,9662024 5-year
- Median household income
- $49,0752024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 58.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 34.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+91 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Monroe-El Dorado, LAOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 60,447 | 129,975 | 192,727 | ||
| R | 70,772 | 136,068 | 210,103 | ||
| R | 69,706 | 132,093 | 206,482 | ||
| R | 78,221 | 129,144 | 210,089 | ||
| R | 77,235 | 132,502 | 212,443 | ||
| R | 73,798 | 129,364 | 205,605 | ||
| R | 73,446 | 110,799 | 189,987 | ||
| D | 92,484 | 82,819 | 193,231 | ||
| D | 87,105 | 84,408 | 201,306 | ||
| R | 66,186 | 113,847 | 184,957 | ||
| R | 65,083 | 131,406 | 199,893 | ||
| R | 77,479 | 104,792 | 187,463 | ||
| R | 79,509 | 84,296 | 166,633 | ||
| R | 34,287 | 99,027 | 139,520 | ||
| O | 32,782 | 32,043 | 146,187 | ||
| D | 87,731 | 28,508 | 116,466 | ||
| R | 27,198 | 38,278 | 86,327 | ||
| R | 27,083 | 30,779 | 73,989 | ||
| D | 48,278 | 38,438 | 86,754 | ||
| O | 22,658 | 5,656 | 55,603 | ||
| D | 35,316 | 11,375 | 46,728 | ||
| D | 45,540 | 6,226 | 51,794 | ||
| D | 38,854 | 3,994 | 42,877 | ||
| D | 37,694 | 1,757 | 39,609 | ||
| D | 19,279 | 8,280 | 27,572 | ||
| D | 12,529 | 2,684 | 15,679 | ||
| D | 14,519 | 2,937 | 17,807 | ||
| D | 13,017 | 1,025 | 14,072 | ||
| D | 8,673 | 733 | 11,785 | ||
| D | 9,106 | 1,938 | 11,740 | ||
| D | 7,082 | 1,079 | 8,270 | ||
| D | 8,187 | 1,688 | 9,920 | ||
| D | 18,599 | 1,665 | 20,574 | ||
| D | 23,428 | 4,937 | 28,563 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
10.6%
English
9.3%
Irish
6.7%
German
4.3%
French
2.2%
Italian
1.3%
Scottish
1.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 37.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$49,075
Monroe-El Dorado ranks near the middle of US counties.
Monroe-El Dorado$49,075
Louisiana$60,756
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
25.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1835.1%
Working age (18–64)22.3%
Seniors (65+)16.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.1%
speak English only
Spanish2.6%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 35.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
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.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Monroe-El Dorado peaked at ninety-one points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the market to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $49,075 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 25% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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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), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 192,727 votes cast, 60,447 went Democratic and 129,975 went Republican.
What is Monroe-El Dorado, Louisiana's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Monroe-El Dorado, Louisiana as a "Realigner" market based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the market has voted Democratic 18 times, Republican 14 times, and other 2 times.
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 38 presidential elections in Monroe-El Dorado, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The market's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.