Franklin Township is located in Fillmore County, Nebraska and is a small, rural community with a population of about 2,000 people. The town is heavily involved in local politics and has a strong sense of community engagement. Elected leaders in Franklin Township include the town chairman, two supervisors, and clerk/treasurer positions that are appointed by the chairman. Other elected officials include the town constable and justice of the peace. All public issues are discussed at the monthly Town Board meetings which are held on the third Tuesday of each month. The township has also been active in local environmental issues such as water quality testing and conservation efforts to protect their local resources. In addition, they have implemented measures to encourage economic development within the community through grants and other incentives for businesses that set up shop in Franklin.
The political climate in Franklin township (Fillmore County), NE is very conservative.
Fillmore County, NE is very conservative. In Fillmore County, NE 22.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fillmore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.9% to 22.0%.
Fillmore county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin township (Fillmore County), NE is very conservative.
Fillmore County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Nebraska is moderately 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 (Fillmore County), Nebraska: 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 (Fillmore County), NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $2,152 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)