Franklin Town, MA is a small town in the northeast of the United States with a strong sense of community and a proud history. While it is not at the center of national politics, Franklin Town residents take civic participation seriously. Local elections are hotly contested and feature a diverse group of candidates advocating for various policies. Residents often support their favorite candidate through both word-of-mouth and online campaigns, prioritizing issues like infrastructure, education, taxes, and health care. Other important local concerns include efforts to protect open spaces and preserve historical buildings. All in all, Franklin Town is an active political hub where people proudly cast their votes in an effort to make their community better.
The political climate in Franklin Town, MA is somewhat liberal.
Norfolk County, MA is very liberal. In Norfolk County, MA 67.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Norfolk county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.0% to 30.7%.
Norfolk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin Town, MA is somewhat liberal.
Norfolk County, Massachusetts is very liberal.
Boston-Cambridge-Newton Metro Area is very liberal.
Massachusetts is very 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 Town, Massachusetts: 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 Town, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 914 contributions totaling $72,112 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 326 contributions totaling $53,375 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)