Franklin County, Arkansas is a rural county located in the northwest part of the state. It is home to many small towns and communities that are largely conservative in nature. While the county doesn't have a large population, its local politics are no less interesting than those of larger cities. Although there aren't any current local political candidates running for office at this time, the people of Franklin County still take their civic duty of voting seriously. In years past, several prominent politicians have come from the region, including former governors and members of Congress. The people of Franklin County remain committed to preserving traditional values while embracing new ideas for growth and progress in their community.
The political climate in Franklin County, AR is very conservative.
In Franklin County, AR 18.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.6% to 18.2%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin County, AR is very conservative.
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Arkansas is strongly conservative.
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, Arkansas: 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 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, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 316 contributions totaling $7,560 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 241 contributions totaling $27,938 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)