Harrisburg, Nebraska is a small town located in north-central Nebraska with a population of about 500 people. It is known for its friendly atmosphere and great sense of community. While the town is not large enough to have its own local political candidates, it does participate in many of the state and national elections. Residents are generally politically active and informed about the issues that affect their country, state, and community. Harrisburg residents are passionate about their beliefs and ideas on how to create change for the betterment of all citizens. They take part in discussions at local meetings, fundraising events, and voting booths during election cycles as they strive towards creating a better future for everyone within Harrisburg.
The political climate in Harrisburg, NE is strongly conservative.
Banner County, NE is very conservative. In Banner County, NE 10.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 88.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Banner county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 88.1% to 10.5%.
Banner county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harrisburg, NE is strongly conservative.
Banner County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Scottsbluff Metro Area is very conservative.
Nebraska is moderately 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, Nebraska: 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, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)