Franklin Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania is a rural community with a population of around 2,000 people. The township is governed by three elected supervisors who are responsible for all decisions made within the township. In addition, Franklin Township also has a Tax Collector and an Auditors Office that handles the financial matters of the township. During local elections, residents of Franklin Township have the opportunity to vote on candidates for each of these positions as well as school board members and other representatives to the county government. All of these candidates are chosen based on their commitment to improving the quality of life in Franklin Township and ensuring that its citizens have access to necessary services.
The political climate in Franklin township (Greene County), PA is strongly conservative.
Greene County, PA is very conservative. In Greene County, PA 27.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greene county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 27.8%.
Greene county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin township (Greene County), PA is strongly conservative.
Greene County, Pennsylvania 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 (Greene County), Pennsylvania: d 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 (Greene County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,050 contributions totaling $85,932 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 267 contributions totaling $100,020 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)