Franklin Township, located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania is home to a thriving community of residents. The local political landscape in Franklin Township is reflective of the larger politics of the region. Local elections typically focus on issues such as property taxes, education funding, and infrastructure projects. Residents also tend to care deeply about environmental issues and workplace safety regulations. In recent years, candidates for local offices have focused on creating a better quality of life for the people of Franklin Township by making public safety a priority, improving healthcare access and support for seniors, and promoting economic growth opportunities. The current local political leaders in Franklin Township are committed to keeping the community safe while improving it’s economic outlook.
The political climate in Franklin township (Beaver County), PA is moderately conservative.
Beaver County, PA is moderately conservative. In Beaver County, PA 40.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beaver county remained very strongly Republican, 58.0% to 40.4%.
Beaver county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin township (Beaver County), PA is moderately conservative.
Beaver County, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
Pittsburgh Metro Area is leaning 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 township (Beaver County), Pennsylvania: d d 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 (Beaver County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 806 contributions totaling $200,354 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 306 contributions totaling $180,544 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $590 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)