Franklintown, PA is a small town located in York County. While there are no current local political candidates running in the area, the politics of the town have been shaped by its citizens' values and beliefs. Franklintown is a tight-knit community with strong family values and emphasis on education. The people of this towns value hard work and helping their neighbors. Politically, the people tend to lean toward more conservative ideals, advocating for smaller government and greater personal responsibility over government action. They also value fiscal sustainability, emphasizing programs that help reduce unnecessary spending while preserving essential services like police departments and public schools. Through their strong sense of community values and responsibility, the people of Franklintown have shaped the politics in their town to be reflective of their beliefs and core beliefs.
The political climate in Franklintown, PA is moderately conservative.
York County, PA is strongly conservative. In York County, PA 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 36.8%.
York county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklintown, PA is moderately conservative.
York County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
York-Hanover Metro Area is strongly 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.
Franklintown, Pennsylvania: 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 Franklintown, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 649 contributions totaling $61,108 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 296 contributions totaling $45,608 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)