Harrisburg, NC is a small town located in Cabarrus County and is home to around 15,000 people. The local politics of Harrisburg are primarily driven by the Mayor and Town Council. The current Mayor of Harrisburg is Keely Tankersley, who was first elected to office in 2018. The members of the Town Council are: Tiffany McLarty, William \"Bubba\" Coates, Richard Cox, Sr., Katherine Miller, Robert Pendergrass and Justin Efird. Each Council Member serves a four-year term with elections taking place every two years for three seats. As an incorporated town, Harrisburg has its own police force as well as planning boards and other committees that help decision-making processes. With a rich history of representing their community through progressive ideals and initiatives, the chosen representatives of Harrisburg strive to improve the quality of life for its citizens.
The political climate in Harrisburg, NC is somewhat conservative.
Cabarrus County, NC is somewhat conservative. In Cabarrus County, NC 44.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cabarrus county remained moderately Republican, 53.9% to 44.5%.
Cabarrus county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harrisburg, NC is somewhat conservative.
Cabarrus County, North Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia Metro Area is leaning liberal.
North Carolina is leaning 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, North Carolina: 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, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,113 contributions totaling $398,991 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,972 contributions totaling $616,389 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)