Harrisburg, SD is a small town with a lot of political activity. Located in the southeastern corner of South Dakota, it has been home to several modern-day politicians including former United States Congressman and Governor William Janklow. Harrisburg is also the seat of Lincoln County and home to its government. While Harrisburg does not have a mayor or city council, the residents are active in local politics and regularly elect their representatives to serve on the County Commission. The Commission is responsible for maintaining public safety, managing public works projects, and enacting local ordinances. Additionally, there are numerous other elected officials in Harrisburg such as sheriffs, magistrates, coroners, commissioners of schools and soil conservation districts. Through these representatives, Harrisburg's citizens ensure that their voices and opinions are heard when it comes to local decision-making.
The political climate in Zip 57032 (Harrisburg, SD) is moderately conservative.
Lincoln County, SD is moderately conservative. In Lincoln County, SD 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 37.0%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57032 (Harrisburg, SD) is moderately conservative.
Harrisburg, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Lincoln County, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Sioux Falls Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
South Dakota is strongly 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, South Dakota: 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 zip 57032 (Harrisburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 162 contributions totaling $9,355 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $27,151 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $754 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)