Franklin, WI is a popular suburb of Milwaukee, and is home to many people who live, work and play in the area. Its politics are largely focused on local issues that affect residents such as infrastructure improvements, public safety and education. The town is currently represented by several city-level elected officials including an alderman/alderwoman for each district, mayors, selectpersons and supervisors. Franklin also has representation at the county level by members of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors. Recently there have been several initiatives to increase voter turnout in the city including civic engagement forums, candidate debates and other forms of community outreach. With the upcoming elections for local offices in 2020, it will be important for residents to get involved in their local politics so they can make sure that their voice is heard when deciding who will lead their community into the future.
The political climate in Franklin, WI is somewhat liberal.
Milwaukee County, WI is very liberal. In Milwaukee County, WI 69.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Milwaukee county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.1% to 29.3%.
Milwaukee county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin, WI is somewhat liberal.
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin is very liberal.
Milwaukee-Waukesha Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
Wisconsin 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, Wisconsin: D D D D D D
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, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,000 contributions totaling $144,779 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,170 contributions totaling $250,354 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)