Harrisburg, AR is a small town in Poinsett County with a population of around 1,800 people. While it may not be the most political of places, there are several local candidates vying for office in the upcoming elections. Among those running are Mayor Brad Gibson, who seeks to further develop Harrisburg's infrastructure and create more job opportunities for its residents. He is being challenged by another local candidate, Mariah Payne, who has emphasized the importance of improving recreational facilities and community building initiatives. Both candidates have spoken about their commitment to serve the citizens of Harrisburg and provide a higher standard of living. It will be interesting to see what ideas they can bring to the table come election time and which candidate will become the next leader of Harrisburg.
The political climate in Harrisburg, AR is strongly conservative.
Poinsett County, AR is very conservative. In Poinsett County, AR 18.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Poinsett county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.7% to 18.9%.
Poinsett county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harrisburg, AR is strongly conservative.
Poinsett County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Jonesboro Metro Area is very conservative.
Arkansas 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, Arkansas: D d 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, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $2,310 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $3,960 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)