Harrisburg, IL is a city located in Saline County in the state of Illinois. As the county seat, Harrisburg serves as the center for local government and politics in the area. The City Council, consisting of nine members that are elected by local residents, is responsible for making decisions on behalf of the community. Elected officials represent their constituents at the state level by serving in legislative positions such as State Representative, State Senator and US Representative. Local residents also participate in other government processes through public hearings and committee meetings. All political activity is driven by local citizens who strive to make Harrisburg a better place to live and work for its citizens.
The political climate in Harrisburg, IL is moderately conservative.
Saline County, IL is very conservative. In Saline County, IL 25.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saline county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 25.2%.
Saline county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harrisburg, IL is moderately conservative.
Saline County, Illinois is very conservative.
Illinois is moderately liberal.
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, Illinois: 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, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 145 contributions totaling $47,470 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $327 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 146 contributions totaling $278,456 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,907 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)