Burns, MI is a small town in Michigan with a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. Despite its size, Burns has an active political life as many local residents are passionate and involved in politics. There are plenty of opportunities for residents to get involved in their community by expressing their political views or running for local office. Local candidates have been elected to positions in the city council, county commission, and school board. Additionally, there are several grassroots initiatives that aim to promote positive change within the town’s infrastructure. Residents take part in events such as town hall meetings and rallies to discuss topics such as taxes, education, healthcare, and other important issues that affect the community. Through these activities, Burns remains passionate about its political climate.
The political climate in Burns, MI is strongly conservative.
Shiawassee County, MI is moderately conservative. In Shiawassee County, MI 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shiawassee county remained very strongly Republican, 58.9% to 39.0%.
Shiawassee county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burns, MI is strongly conservative.
Shiawassee County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Michigan 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.
Burns, Michigan: r r d d 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, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 414 contributions totaling $18,986 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 208 contributions totaling $23,746 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)