Harrisville, PA is a small town in the state of Pennsylvania, located in Butler County. It is a predominantly rural area with a population of around 1,800 people. The politics in Harrisville are largely determined by the local government elected by its citizens. The current political representation consists of two county commissioners and four representatives on the Butler County Board of Commissioners. Additionally, there is also representation on both the state and federal levels with Pennsylvania's 15th Congressional District encompassing Harrisville and U.S. Senator Bob Casey representing Pennsylvania in Washington D.C. Locally, there are various candidates campaigning for office and vying to represent the people of Harrisville in their respective positions. As a result of their work, Harrisville remains an example of democracy in action with residents actively engaging to ensure their voices are heard and their interests represented at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 16038 (Harrisville, PA) is strongly conservative.
Butler County, PA is very conservative. In Butler County, PA 33.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 33.0%.
Butler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16038 (Harrisville, PA) is strongly conservative.
Harrisville, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Butler County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Pittsburgh Metro Area is leaning conservative.
Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
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.
Harrisville, Pennsylvania: 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 16038 (Harrisville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 104 contributions totaling $5,722 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $4,430 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)