| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 3,740 | 6,007 | 9,815 | |
| 2020 | R | 4,455 | 6,147 | 10,668 | |
| 2016 | R | 4,332 | 5,795 | 10,215 | |
| 2012 | R | 4,914 | 5,741 | 10,708 | |
| 2008 | R | 5,025 | 6,175 | 11,252 | |
| 2004 | R | 3,666 | 5,831 | 9,534 | |
| 2000 | R | 3,741 | 5,153 | 8,951 | |
| 1996 | R | 3,815 | 4,382 | 8,698 | |
| 1992 | R | 3,872 | 4,919 | 9,745 | |
| 1988 | R | 3,509 | 5,379 | 8,954 | |
| 1984 | R | 3,725 | 5,917 | 9,756 | |
| 1980 | R | 4,262 | 4,615 | 9,072 | |
| 1976 | D | 3,669 | 3,476 | 7,263 | |
| 1972 | R | 1,636 | 5,155 | 6,890 | |
| 1968 | D | 1,673 | 375 | 7,324 | |
| 1964 | R | 0 | 3,870 | 4,756 | |
| 1960 | D | 2,130 | 989 | 3,153 | |
| 1956 | D | 2,069 | 759 | 2,958 | |
| 1952 | D | 2,587 | 637 | 3,231 | |
| 1948 | R | 0 | 31 | 1,725 | |
| 1944 | D | 1,991 | 46 | 2,041 | |
| 1940 | D | 2,953 | 40 | 3,008 | |
| 1936 | D | 2,558 | 29 | 2,596 | |
| 1932 | D | 1,972 | 66 | 2,043 | |
| 1928 | D | 1,343 | 1,074 | 2,347 | |
| 1924 | D | 1,155 | 22 | 1,202 | |
| 1920 | D | 1,295 | 20 | 1,328 | |
| 1916 | D | 1,029 | 17 | 1,049 | |
| 1912 | D | 878 | 2 | 904 | |
| 1908 | D | 856 | 18 | 886 | |
| 1904 | D | 836 | 46 | 892 | |
| 1900 | D | 909 | 145 | 1,068 | |
| 1896 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1892 | D | 1,850 | 8 | 2,557 | |
| 1888 | D | 1,445 | 767 | 2,212 | |
| 1884 | D | 1,111 | 794 | 1,905 | |
| 1880 | D | 1,087 | 821 | 1,908 | |
| 1876 | D | 1,532 | 606 | 2,138 |
Monroe County's population has declined steadily for decades, leaving an older, rural electorate that has voted Republican by double-digit margins in every presidential race since the 1990s.
The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Monroe County, by a four points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at eighty-one points in 1964. The 2024 margin was twenty-three points.
The political shift has tracked, in Monroe County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 54% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $42,292, and a 20% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Leake County and Richmond County.
