Franklin (Vernon Cnty), WI is a rural town in Wisconsin, with a population of just over 1,000 people. Local politics plays an important role in the community, with the town’s board of supervisors working together to make decisions and develop a cohesive plan for the future. Community input is often sought by the board to get an understanding of everyone’s needs and desires. At election time, local candidates are nominated to serve on the board, and it's up to voters to elect candidates who best reflect their values. This ensures that local politics remain focused on citizens' needs and that every voice is heard.
The political climate in Franklin town (Vernon County), WI is moderately conservative.
Vernon County, WI is leaning conservative. In Vernon County, WI 46.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vernon county remained Republican, 51.6% to 46.8%.
Vernon county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin town (Vernon County), WI is moderately conservative.
Vernon County, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
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 town (Vernon County), Wisconsin: d d D D 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 town (Vernon County), WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 947 contributions totaling $57,612 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $13,123 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)