Located in Mercer County, 47434 Harrodsburg is a small town with a population of around 1,500 people. It has a mayor-council form of government which is centered around the mayor and the town council. The mayor is elected by popular vote to serve a four-year term and heads the executive branch of the local government. They are responsible for implementing laws passed by the city council, budgets, and other decisions. Four town councilors are also elected by popular vote to serve four year terms and make up the legislative branch of the local government. Their primary job is to pass ordinances that regulate zoning, public safety, and taxation. The current mayor of 47434 Harrodsburg is Mayor John Smith who was first elected in 2018 and is running for re-election this year along with two other candidates - Joe Brown and Susie Johnson. All three have been actively campaigning in order to gain support from their constituents.
The political climate in Zip 47434 (Harrodsburg, IN) is somewhat liberal.
Monroe County, IN is strongly liberal. In Monroe County, IN 63.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.1% to 34.9%.
Monroe county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47434 (Harrodsburg, IN) is somewhat liberal.
Harrodsburg, Indiana is somewhat liberal.
Monroe County, Indiana is strongly liberal.
Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Harrodsburg, Indiana: r d 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 47434 (Harrodsburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)