Franklin Center, NJ is a small town located in rural New Jersey. The town is governed by a five-member Township Committee that is elected every three years. The Committee meets twice a month to discuss issues facing the community and make decisions on behalf of its citizens. Over the past few years, Franklin Center has had an increase in public interest in local politics with residents engaging in debates about key issues, attending local meetings, and supporting various initiatives. With upcoming local elections for Township Committee positions, it will be interesting to see how this increased engagement affects the outcome of the election and who will be elected to serve their community.
The political climate in Franklin Center, NJ is leaning liberal.
Somerset County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Somerset County, NJ 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.5%.
Somerset county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin Center, NJ is leaning liberal.
Somerset County, New Jersey is moderately liberal.
New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area is strongly liberal.
New Jersey is somewhat 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 Center, New Jersey: r r 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 Center, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,131 contributions totaling $454,801 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 508 contributions totaling $138,849 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $273 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)