Burlington, Oklahoma is a small city located in the northwest corner of Oklahoma. It has a population of just over 1,000 people and is the county seat of Alfalfa County. The city has been known for its strong commitment to rural living and traditional values. Politically, Burlington follows in line with these values as well, providing its residents with a focus on local issues that affect their community. Local elections are held every two years and feature candidates from all major parties competing for office. Issues such as education funding, public safety, infrastructure development, and economic growth are all important topics of discussion within Burlington's political landscape. The city council is responsible for making sure that the citizen's voices are heard within the local government by approving or denying new initiatives and ordinances that may affect the citizens of Burlington.
The political climate in Burlington, OK is strongly conservative.
Alfalfa County, OK is very conservative. In Alfalfa County, OK 10.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alfalfa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.4% to 10.3%.
Alfalfa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burlington, OK is strongly conservative.
Alfalfa 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.
Burlington, 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 Burlington, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $1,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)