Franklin Township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania is represented by the Susquehanna County Board of Commissioners. The board is composed of three members elected at large from the entire county, with one member representing Franklin Township specifically. Currently, the commissioners are Loretta M. Kennedy, Mary Ann Warren, and Michael A. Giangrieco who were all elected to four-year terms in 2019.
The township is divided into ten voting precincts and each precinct holds local elections for mayor and borough council every two years. Each November, registered voters in the township elect a mayor for a two-year term as well as six council members to represent them on the governing body of Franklin Township. Additionally, there are several vacancies that can be filled by appointment from time to time. Residents of Franklin Township take pride in their local government and are actively engaged in making sure their voices are heard in township matters.
The political climate in Franklin township (Susquehanna County), PA is strongly conservative.
Susquehanna County, PA is very conservative. In Susquehanna County, PA 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Susquehanna county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 28.6%.
Susquehanna county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin township (Susquehanna County), PA is strongly conservative.
Susquehanna 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 (Susquehanna 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 (Susquehanna County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 549 contributions totaling $27,571 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 323 contributions totaling $30,171 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)