Harrison County, Indiana is a small rural community located in the southern portion of the state. The county is primarily agricultural and has a population of just under 40,000 people. Despite its small size, politics is an important part of life in Harrison County. Local politics are often focused on issues that impact the daily lives of citizens within the county such as tax rates, educational funding, road infrastructure and economic development. Residents typically vote for local candidates who seek to represent their interests and needs in government. During election season, candidates engage in public forums to discuss their platforms with local voters. In general, Republicans have held the majority of elected positions in Harrison County but there is occasionally Democratic representation on various boards and commissions as well. Overall, Harrison County residents take an active part in local politics and strive to keep their county running smoothly while considering the long-term sustainability of its resources and environment.
The political climate in Harrison County, IN is very conservative.
In Harrison County, IN 26.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harrison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.0% to 26.4%.
Harrison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harrison County, IN is very conservative.
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning conservative.
Indiana is somewhat 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.
Harrison, Indiana: 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 Harrison County, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,010 contributions totaling $120,300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 354 contributions totaling $247,456 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $699 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)