Franklin Park, Pennsylvania is a small town located in the western part of the state. With a population of around 3,100 people, Franklin Park is known as one of the most peaceful and quaint communities in the state. Politically, it is also one of the most stable and conservative towns in Pennsylvania. The local government is composed mostly of Republicans who have held office for many years and have put an emphasis on keeping taxes low while providing essential services to its citizens. Local elections often feature candidates from both parties vying for office with issues focused on improving public safety, expanding infrastructure, and providing economic opportunities for its residents.
The political climate in Franklin Park, PA is leaning liberal.
Allegheny County, PA is moderately liberal. In Allegheny County, PA 59.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegheny county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.4% to 39.0%.
Allegheny county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin Park, PA is leaning liberal.
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania is moderately liberal.
Pittsburgh Metro Area is leaning conservative.
Pennsylvania 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.
Franklin Park, Pennsylvania: D 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 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 Franklin Park, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,730 contributions totaling $1,636,941 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,947 contributions totaling $2,152,347 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $730 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)