Burlington, ND is a small town in North Dakota with a population of 890 people. It is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government, with the mayor being elected at large and the council members representing wards. The current mayor of Burlington is Mike Ternes, who was first elected in 2008 and reelected in 2012. There are also several local political candidates running for various positions on the city council, including Bob Nelson for Ward 1, Ken Anderson for Ward 2, Emma Johnson for Ward 3 and William Schwindt for Ward 4. All these candidates have different ideas about how to move Burlington forward and make it an even better place to live. They each offer their own skills and experiences to help shape the future of Burlington and its citizens.
The political climate in Burlington, ND is strongly conservative.
Ward County, ND is very conservative. In Ward County, ND 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ward county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 25.8%.
Ward county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burlington, ND is strongly conservative.
Ward County, North Dakota is very conservative.
Minot Metro Area is very conservative.
North Dakota is very 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.
Burlington, North 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Burlington, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $25,710 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $887 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $12,696 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)