Burke, WI is a small rural town in Wisconsin with a population of about 1,500 people. The local politics in Burke are centered around maintaining and improving the quality of life for all its citizens. The city council consists of five elected members, each serving two-year terms, who are responsible for making policy decisions that affect the community. Local candidates running for office in Burke come from both major political parties and often focus on issues such as economic development, education reform, public safety and infrastructure improvements. Elections are held every two years and the election process is overseen by a nonpartisan Election Board. Overall, locals in Burke take pride in their hometown and strive to create an environment where everyone feels included and heard no matter their political beliefs or background.
The political climate in Burke, WI is somewhat liberal.
Dane County, WI is very liberal. In Dane County, WI 75.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 22.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dane county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 75.5% to 22.9%.
Dane county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burke, WI is somewhat liberal.
Dane County, Wisconsin is very liberal.
Madison Metro Area is very liberal.
Wisconsin 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.
Burke, Wisconsin: D D D D D D
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 Burke, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19,438 contributions totaling $1,527,617 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,852 contributions totaling $701,384 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $379 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)