The city of Burns, WY is a small rural community with a population of about 1,345 people. It is located in the heart of Wyoming between Cheyenne and Laramie and serves as an agricultural center for the region. Despite its size, the politics in Burns are just as important as those in larger cities. The Mayor of Burns is currently Jimmy Williams who was elected in 2020 and has held office since then. The City Council consists of six members who are tasked with representing local citizens on city matters such as budgeting and zoning. Additionally, the city holds elections for representatives to serve on state committees including the Wyoming Commission on Aging and the State Board of Equalization. All these participants work together to make sure that local policies are followed and that citizen's interests are represented fairly.
The political climate in Zip 82053 (Burns, WY) is strongly conservative.
Laramie County, WY is strongly conservative. In Laramie County, WY 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Laramie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 33.8%.
Laramie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 82053 (Burns, WY) is strongly conservative.
Burns, Wyoming is strongly conservative.
Laramie County, Wyoming is strongly conservative.
Cheyenne Metro Area is strongly conservative.
Wyoming is very 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, Wyoming: 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 82053 (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 21 contributions totaling $3,856 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)