Burns Flat, Oklahoma is a small rural town located in western Oklahoma. With its population of just over 1,000 people, it is a tightknit community that serves as home to many families. The local politics in Burns Flat are run by the Board of Trustees, composed of five members elected to two-year terms by the local citizens. Each member of the Board has their own agenda and works hard to make sure that the citizens’ concerns are heard and addressed. Local political candidates often run on platforms that focus on improving safety in the town, providing more opportunities for education and recreation for children and adults, and bringing economic development to Burns Flat. The Board strives to maintain an atmosphere where everyone feels comfortable sharing their ideas and opinions while also working together as a team towards positive change in the town.
The political climate in Burns Flat, OK is strongly conservative.
Washita County, OK is very conservative. In Washita County, OK 12.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washita county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.5% to 12.5%.
Washita county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burns Flat, OK is strongly conservative.
Washita County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Oklahoma 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.
Burns Flat, Oklahoma: 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 Burns Flat, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $423 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $285 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)