Frankfort, Indiana is a small city located in Clinton County. It has a rich history and vibrant culture which makes it an attractive place to live. In terms of politics, Frankfort has a mayor-council form of government. The mayor is elected every four years by the residents of Frankfort and the City Council consists of six members who are also elected by the citizens of Frankfort. The current mayor is Chris McBarnes and the council members are Robert Duncan, Kathy Reider, Kendal Wannemacher, Julie Minges, Mike Kreiger and Tim Keller. Each member serves terms of two years on the council with three members being elected each year for renewal. The mayor and City Council are responsible for all legislative matters such as budgets, zoning ordinances, ordinances pertaining to public safety, business regulations etc. Additionally they have the power to levy taxes and issue bonds in order to fund public works projects such as street improvements or parks. Furthermore, they hold regular public meetings which allow citizens to voice their opinions on issues facing their community. All in all, Frankfort's robust political system provides its citizens with the opportunity to shape their local government through voting and active participation in meetings held by the Mayor and City Council members.
The political climate in Frankfort, IN is moderately conservative.
Clinton County, IN is very conservative. In Clinton County, IN 26.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clinton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.1% to 26.0%.
Clinton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Frankfort, IN is moderately conservative.
Clinton County, Indiana is very conservative.
Frankfort Metro Area is very conservative.
Indiana is somewhat 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.
Frankfort, Indiana: 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Frankfort, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 256 contributions totaling $13,976 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 190 contributions totaling $26,594 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)