Burns, TN is a small town located in the foothills of Tennessee. Although it may be small in size, it has been home to some big political moments in recent years. In 2018, Burns elected their first ever African American mayor, making history and signalling a progressive shift in the politics of Burns. The current mayor is a strong advocate for community improvement projects and local economic growth. They are supported by an active city council, who have worked together to pass legislation such as a new tax initiative that supports public education and more robust infrastructure improvements throughout the area. Despite its size, Burns is proving itself to be an important part of Tennessee's political landscape and will continue to be so for years to come.
The political climate in Burns, TN is strongly conservative.
Dickson County, TN is very conservative. In Dickson County, TN 25.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dickson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.5% to 25.1%.
Dickson county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burns, TN is strongly conservative.
Dickson County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
Tennessee is moderately 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.
Burns, Tennessee: d 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, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 349 contributions totaling $46,057 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 583 contributions totaling $418,307 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $718 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)