Franklin Township in Franklin County, Kansas is a small rural community with an estimated population of around 900 people. The township is governed by three elected officials known as trustees. These trustees make decisions and vote on matters affecting local government within the township such as taxes, roads, zoning, and other community initiatives. Local elections are held every two years to elect a new board of trustees who serve four-year terms. In these elections, candidates must be residents of Franklin Township and can run based off party lines or individual platforms. Over the past few years, there has been steady growth in the area due to increased farming activity and a rising population. This has led to an increased need for local political leadership that can work together to address the needs of the growing population and ensure that everyone’s interests are represented fairly.
The political climate in Franklin township (Franklin County), KS is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, KS is very conservative. In Franklin County, KS 29.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 29.6%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin township (Franklin County), KS is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, Kansas is very conservative.
Ottawa Metro Area is very conservative.
Kansas 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.
Franklin township (Franklin County), Kansas: 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 Franklin township (Franklin County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,123 contributions totaling $31,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 193 contributions totaling $163,123 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $845 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)