Franklin Township (York Cnty), PA is a small community in the York County area. It is home to just over 6,000 people and is governed by a Board of Supervisors. This board consists of three members who are elected into office every four years. The board, along with the township secretary, is responsible for overseeing all aspects of township life including zoning, financial matters, and public safety. Local elections take place each year for various offices such as Tax Collector, Chief Constable, and Auditors to name a few. Each election cycle sees hundreds of voters come out to decide who will represent their interests in the local government. Citizens can also stay up-to-date on current events by following the Franklin Township website or attending monthly Board of Supervisors meetings. In addition to local politics, Franklin Township residents are also very passionate about supporting their local schools which serve students from kindergarten through twelfth grade.
The political climate in Franklin township (York County), PA is moderately conservative.
York County, PA is strongly conservative. In York County, PA 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 36.8%.
York county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin township (York County), PA is moderately conservative.
York County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
York-Hanover Metro Area is strongly 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 (York 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 (York County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 755 contributions totaling $65,454 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 375 contributions totaling $54,113 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)