In 2015, the small town of Burke, VA had a population of approximately 56,000. The town was located in Fairfax County and was governed by a five-member board of supervisors. Throughout the year there were several local political candidates running for office, including Pat Herrity for Chairman of the Board of Supervisors. Voters in Burke largely voted against increasing taxes and supporting more infrastructure projects. Despite the controversies that arose during election season, Burke maintained a peaceful atmosphere and most residents felt safe living in their community.
The political climate in Zip 22015 (Burke, VA) is strongly liberal.
Fairfax County, VA is very liberal. In Fairfax County, VA 69.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfax county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.9% to 28.0%.
Fairfax county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22015 (Burke, VA) is strongly liberal.
Burke, Virginia is strongly liberal.
Fairfax County, Virginia is very liberal.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very liberal.
Virginia is somewhat 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, Virginia: r 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 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 22015 (Burke)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,859 contributions totaling $339,525 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 900 contributions totaling $221,511 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)