Editing Burien, Washington (section)

==Government and infrastructure==
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|+ Presidential Elections Results<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/elections/elections/past-elections.aspx|title=Past elections - King County, Washington}}</ref>
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! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
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| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election in Washington (state)|2020]]'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|25.33% ''6,292''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''71.98%''' ''17,880''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.69% ''667''
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| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2016 United States presidential election in Washington (state)|2016]]'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|24.05% ''4,892''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''67.14%''' ''13,657''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.81% ''1,791''
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In the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 U.S. presidential election]], Burien cast 71.98% of its vote for [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Joe Biden]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uselectionatlas.org/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|first=David|last=Leip|website=www.uselectionatlas.org}}</ref>

Burien is a  Council-Manager government. There are seven elected councilmembers. A mayor<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.burienwa.gov/index.aspx?NID=75|title=Burien, WA - Official Website - City Council|website=www.burienwa.gov}}</ref> is chosen by the council from among the elected councilmembers. The [[City manager|City Manager]] is appointed by the council, and reports to the entire council.

Burien contracts with the [[King County Sheriff's Office]] for police services. Deputies assigned to Burien wear city uniforms and drive patrol cars marked with the city logo. According to the Chief of Police, there are currently 43 patrol officers, detectives, support personnel and a chief assigned full-time to the city.