Franklin, located in Sacramento County, is a small rural community with a strong sense of community spirit. The politics of Franklin are centered around local issues that affect the town and its residents directly. Among the issues in recent years have been proposed changes to zoning regulations and taxes, as well as public safety initiatives such as increased police and fire protection for the town. Local elections for Town Council members occur every two years and involve candidates from both major political parties. The campaigns focus on local issues like infrastructure upgrades to water systems, park improvements, and creating more housing options in the area. Recent efforts to bring more jobs to Franklin through business incentives have also been popular topics in recent elections. Residents take an active role in local politics by attending Town Hall meetings or participating in online forums to voice their opinions about the town’s future. In this way, Franklin is able to make progress towards important goals while preserving its unique sense of community identity and pride.
The political climate in Franklin (Sacramento County), CA is somewhat liberal.
Sacramento County, CA is strongly liberal. In Sacramento County, CA 61.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sacramento county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.4% to 36.1%.
Sacramento county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin (Sacramento County), CA is somewhat liberal.
Sacramento County, California is strongly liberal.
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom Metro Area is moderately liberal.
California is strongly 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 (Sacramento County), California: 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 (Sacramento County), CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,234 contributions totaling $133,712 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 197 contributions totaling $63,718 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $323 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)