I think we are looking at a confluence of federal and state enthusiasm about this election,” a local party official said.

Mail-in and absentee ballots are due by 8 p.m. on Election Day, the same time the polls close. Here's where to return ballots in Monroe County.

Voters in Monroe County and across the U.S. will head to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 5 to cast their ballots in the General Election.

Since the turn of the 21st century, Monroe County has consistently voted for the Democratic candidate for president. The closest contest came in 2004, with John Kerry edging then-President George W. Bush by less than 10,000 votes. The margin was never wider than in 2020, when voters roundly rejected incumbent President Donald Trump by 80,000 votes.

There are more registered voters in Monroe County ahead of the 2024 general election than ever before. According to the Monroe County Board of Elections, there were