Burlington, MN is a small city located in the heart of Minnesota with a population of about 10,000 people. It is a vibrant community that takes great pride in its local politics and values the opinion of its citizens. Burlington’s mayor, Dan White, has held office since 2006 and works hard to ensure that the city remains an enjoyable place to live. He meets regularly with members of the city council to discuss policy matters, and he also hosts monthly coffee hours where residents can voice their opinions on any municipal issue. Additionally, Burlington holds regular elections for both state and local offices. Voters are encouraged to learn more about each candidate's platform before casting their ballots. These elections provide a great opportunity for residents to have their voices heard and shape the future of Burlington.
The political climate in Burlington, MN is strongly conservative.
Becker County, MN is strongly conservative. In Becker County, MN 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Becker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 34.0%.
Becker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burlington, MN is strongly conservative.
Becker County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Minnesota 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.
Burlington, Minnesota: 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, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 425 contributions totaling $62,108 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $15,575 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)