Harnett County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is part of the Dunn-Erwin metropolitan statistical area and is home to over 130,000 people. Politically, Harnett County leans heavily towards the Republican Party, largely due to its rural population and large number of conservative voters. Republicans currently hold all six seats on the Harnett County Board of Commissioners, while there are only two Democrats holding county-level offices. Local politics in Harnett County focus primarily on issues such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure investments and educational opportunities. Additionally, candidates from both major parties often vie for the support of voters during election cycles by focusing on shared values and goals for improving life in the county.
The political climate in Harnett County, NC is moderately conservative.
In Harnett County, NC 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harnett county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.3% to 37.9%.
Harnett county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harnett County, NC is moderately conservative.
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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.
Harnett, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Harnett County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 391 contributions totaling $58,725 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 628 contributions totaling $135,248 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)