Harrisburg is a small town located in southeastern South Dakota. The city has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor being the chief executive officer and the city council providing legislative guidance. The council is composed of five members, each elected from one of five wards within the city limits. Each ward has its own distinct characteristics and demographics, ensuring that all citizens of Harrisburg are fairly represented in local government. Recent efforts by the mayor and council members have focused on increasing economic development opportunities in Harrisburg, improving public safety, and promoting environmental stewardship. All residents of Harrisburg are encouraged to participate in their local political process to ensure that their voices are heard and that their interests are represented.
The political climate in Harrisburg, SD is moderately conservative.
Lincoln County, SD is moderately conservative. In Lincoln County, SD 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 37.0%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harrisburg, SD is moderately conservative.
Lincoln County, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Sioux Falls Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
South Dakota is strongly conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Harrisburg, South Dakota: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Harrisburg, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 162 contributions totaling $9,355 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $27,151 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $754 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)