Burkburnett, TX is a small city located in Wichita County. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government with five council members and the mayor elected at large. The city is represented in the state legislature as a member of the Texas House of Representatives District 69. At the federal level, Burkburnett is part of the 13th Congressional District in Texas. In recent years, local politics in Burkburnett have been focused on addressing infrastructure needs such as road and bridge repairs, public works projects, and improving parks and recreational areas. Other key issues include economic development to bring more jobs and businesses to the area, increasing public safety measures, and expanding educational opportunities for residents.
The political climate in Burkburnett, TX is moderately conservative.
Wichita County, TX is very conservative. In Wichita County, TX 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wichita county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 28.6%.
Wichita county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burkburnett, TX is moderately conservative.
Wichita County, Texas is very conservative.
Wichita Falls Metro Area is very conservative.
Texas is leaning 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.
Burkburnett, Texas: 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 Burkburnett, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 719 contributions totaling $46,773 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 524 contributions totaling $73,851 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)