Franklin, FL County is a rural community located in the heart of Florida. It has a rich history of strong political participation from its citizens and local government officials. The county is divided into three municipalities – Apalachicola, Carrabelle and Eastpoint – which are governed by elected officials chosen by the people of Franklin County. Each municipality has its own mayor, city council members and other appointed employees responsible for governing their respective cities. Local politics in Franklin County focus on issues such as economic development, land preservation, public safety and infrastructure maintenance. Elected officials are held accountable by their constituents for staying up-to-date on current affairs and enacting policies that will benefit all residents of the county. In addition to the three municipal governments, Franklin County also has several special taxing districts including the Industrial Development Authority, school board and the Northwest Florida Water Management District. All of these entities work together to ensure that Franklin County maintains an efficient balance between economic growth and environmental protection while providing services to its citizens.
The political climate in Franklin County, FL is very conservative.
In Franklin County, FL 30.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.2% to 30.9%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin County, FL is very conservative.
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Florida is leaning 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, Florida: 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, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 781 contributions totaling $64,275 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 139 contributions totaling $21,553 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)