Franklin, PA is a small town located in Venango County. It is home to many families and businesses, all of which are active participants in the local politics. The town is governed by a Mayor and City Council members who are elected by the citizens of Franklin every two years. City Council meetings are held regularly to discuss matters pertaining to the community's safety, infrastructure, economic development, and more. Local political candidates take part in many debates and forums throughout their campaign season, allowing the citizens of Franklin to get to know them better before they cast their ballots. These debates and forums often cover topics such as job creation, improving public services, increasing transparency in government, and fostering dialogue amongst community members.
The political climate in Franklin, PA is moderately conservative.
Venango County, PA is very conservative. In Venango County, PA 28.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Venango county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.5%.
Venango county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin, PA is moderately conservative.
Venango County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Oil City Metro Area is very conservative.
Pennsylvania is leaning 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, Pennsylvania: 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, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 563 contributions totaling $19,899 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 134 contributions totaling $15,553 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)