Franklin, MA County is a vibrant and diverse community with a wide variety of political views. It is home to several registered political parties, including the Democrats, Republicans, Green Party, and Libertarian Party. The county holds regular elections for local offices such as mayor, city councilor, county commissioner, and state representatives. Each party puts forward their own candidates to compete for the positions in these local elections. These candidates are chosen based on their experience in government and policy-making as well as their commitment to representing the interests of the people they serve. Each election cycle brings out new candidates who offer different perspectives on how Franklin should deal with its growing population and economy. The citizens of Franklin have taken an active role in participating in local elections by voting for their preferred candidates or attending campaign events during election season. This helps ensure that Franklin's government truly reflects the values of its citizens and works towards building a stronger community for everyone.
The political climate in Franklin County, MA is very liberal.
In Franklin County, MA 70.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.7% to 26.4%.
Franklin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin County, MA is very liberal.
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Massachusetts is very 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, Massachusetts: 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 County, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17,322 contributions totaling $1,046,941 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 410 contributions totaling $47,814 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)