Burleson, TX is a small city located in the state of Texas. It has been growing over the past few years and is now home to many families, businesses, and local organizations. In terms of politics, the City of Burleson has an elected mayor and city council members who are responsible for setting policy and making decisions about the city’s future. Currently, Mayor Ken Shetter leads the city as its mayor while four council members serve on the Burleson City Council. These five individuals are elected by residents in staggered two-year terms. The Burleson City Council makes decisions regarding zoning regulations, budgets, public works projects, and many other matters related to quality of life in the city. Additionally, they interact with other local governments such as school districts within the region to ensure that resources are being allocated efficiently and appropriately to benefit all citizens in the area.
The political climate in Burleson, TX is strongly conservative.
Johnson County, TX is very conservative. In Johnson County, TX 22.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.9% to 22.9%.
Johnson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burleson, TX is strongly conservative.
Johnson County, Texas is very conservative.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Texas is leaning 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.
Burleson, Texas: 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 Burleson, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,612 contributions totaling $185,224 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,988 contributions totaling $772,269 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)