Burns, OR is a small city located in Harney County with a population of just about 2,700 people. It is governed by an elected mayor and four city council members. The politics in Burns is largely driven by the local community, with citizens actively engaging in political discourse and activities. People are passionate and vocal about their views on the issues that affect Burns directly, such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, education funding, and environmental protection. Local candidates for political office often come from within the community, seeking to serve their neighbors and help make Burns a better place to live.
The political climate in Burns, OR is moderately conservative.
Harney County, OR is very conservative. In Harney County, OR 20.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harney county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 20.0%.
Harney county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burns, OR is moderately conservative.
Harney County, Oregon is very conservative.
Oregon is moderately 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, Oregon: 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, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $1,609 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $8,080 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)