The politics of Burns, TN, located in zip code 37029, is largely driven by the local government. The town is governed by a mayor and several city council members who are elected by the citizens of Burns every four years. These officials work together to ensure that the town's needs are addressed, such as public safety, economic development, and infrastructure improvements. As part of their duties, they also pass laws and ordinances that affect the everyday lives of Burns residents. Additionally, Burns has an active civic society that works to create meaningful change for its citizens. Through advocacy campaigns and volunteer efforts, community members come together to support issues that matter to them and make sure their voices are heard in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 37029 (Burns, TN) is very 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
Zip 37029 (Burns, TN) is very conservative.
Burns, Tennessee is very 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 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 37029 (Burns)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $6,619 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 117 contributions totaling $114,209 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $976 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)