Burlington, Michigan is a small town located in Macomb County, with a population of approximately 4,000 people. It is known for its friendly community and picturesque landscape. Politically, the town is represented by two township trustees that are elected to serve four-year terms. They work with the Macomb County Board of Commissioners to ensure local laws and policies are upheld while also representing Burlington's interests on the county level. The town also elects a supervisor who is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations within the town such as maintaining roads and infrastructure, overseeing staff and budgeting. All three positions are voted in during local elections every four years. In addition, Burlington residents actively participate in state and national politics through various initiatives and organizations like the Women鈥檚 March Michigan which works to promote equality across all communities in the state. This allows Burlington citizens to not only have their voices heard on a local level but throughout Michigan as well as nationally.
The political climate in Zip 49029 (Burlington, MI) is moderately conservative.
Calhoun County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Calhoun County, MI 43.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 43.6%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49029 (Burlington, MI) is moderately conservative.
Burlington, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Calhoun County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Battle Creek Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
Michigan 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.
Burlington, Michigan: d r d d 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 49029 (Burlington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 74 contributions totaling $1,490 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,194 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)