Franklin Township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania is a small rural community that is part of the larger county. Most of the population consists of small-town families and farms, and the area has been largely unchanged for decades. The politics of Franklin Township are mostly based on local issues, and there is usually a great deal of involvement from both residents and local leaders in the decisions that affect the township. Local elections are often contested hotly amongst multiple candidates who all have their own platforms and issues they want to address. These elections draw out many voters who care deeply about their community and its future, which helps to ensure that each candidate’s views are heard. Representatives from each party will campaign door-to-door and put up signs before every election to let people know who they should vote for when it comes time to cast their ballot. Overall, the political climate in Franklin Township is very active, with residents taking a vested interest in how they are represented by local officials.
The political climate in Franklin township (Bradford County), PA is strongly conservative.
Bradford County, PA is very conservative. In Bradford County, PA 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bradford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.4% to 26.6%.
Bradford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin township (Bradford County), PA is strongly conservative.
Bradford County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Sayre 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 township (Bradford County), 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 township (Bradford County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 142 contributions totaling $7,948 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 242 contributions totaling $66,745 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)