Franklin Township, located in Lincoln County, Kansas is a small rural community with close-knit ties to its local politics. Residents of Franklin Township take active roles in their government and have the opportunity to directly engage with their elected officials. Each election cycle, candidates for local offices are put forth by the residents of the township and voted on by the citizens. Candidates must demonstrate keen understanding of the needs and issues that are important to Franklin Township’s population. Over the years, Franklin Township has seen a wide variety of politicians who have advocated for their constituents above all else. The community values honesty and transparency from its politicians which is why experienced leadership and informed decision-making is key to successful representation of this rural township.
The political climate in Franklin township (Lincoln County), KS is strongly conservative.
Lincoln County, KS is very conservative. In Lincoln County, KS 16.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.3% to 16.8%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin township (Lincoln County), KS is strongly conservative.
Lincoln County, Kansas 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 (Lincoln 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 (Lincoln County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $70 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $7 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $4,086 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)