Burns, KS is a small town in Reno County with a population of around 559 people. Although it is small and relatively isolated, the politics in Burns are still important to its residents. At the local level, Burns is served by a mayor and four city council members who are elected by the citizens to make decisions that affect their daily lives. These elected officials work hard each year to provide safe and efficient city services, such as police and fire protection, water systems, snow removal, street lighting and maintenance, public parks and recreation, garbage collection and disposal. In addition to these everyday services, the City Council also makes decisions about larger projects like economic development initiatives or improvements to public roadways. Local elections are held every two years for all seats on the City Council. The candidates in these races come from all walks of life and offer different perspectives on how best to serve Burns’ residents.
The political climate in Zip 66840 (Burns, KS) is very conservative.
Marion County, KS is very conservative. In Marion County, KS 24.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 24.8%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66840 (Burns, KS) is very conservative.
Burns, Kansas is very conservative.
Marion County, Kansas is very conservative.
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Kansas is somewhat 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, Kansas: 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 66840 (Burns)
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 6 contributions totaling $1,060 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)