Harrisburg, MO is a small town in the state of Missouri with a population of just under 3,000 people. It is located in Dunklin County and is home to many families and businesses. While the town does not have its own local political candidates, it still has an active political scene that is heavily impacted by regional and national politics. Residents often take part in local discussions on important political issues such as taxes, education, healthcare, immigration, and the environment. At election time, citizens are passionate about both sides of the debate and can be seen voting for their preferred candidate with enthusiasm. In addition to voting for their representatives in state and national elections, residents of Harrisburg also vote on local referenda that directly affect them.
The political climate in Zip 65256 (Harrisburg, MO) is leaning conservative.
Boone County, MO is somewhat liberal. In Boone County, MO 54.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boone county remained strongly Democratic, 54.8% to 42.3%.
Boone county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65256 (Harrisburg, MO) is leaning conservative.
Harrisburg, Missouri is leaning conservative.
Boone County, Missouri is somewhat liberal.
Columbia Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
Missouri 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.
Harrisburg, Missouri: d r D d d D
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 zip 65256 (Harrisburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $1,131 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $810 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)