Franklin County, IL is home to a diverse and vibrant political landscape. The county features many active organizations focused on local government decisions that affect the residents of Franklin. Governmental positions ranging from county board members to school district administrators are filled by elected officials who work hard to serve their constituents with integrity. The citizens of Franklin have the opportunity to be involved in local politics through various civic groups and organizations that educate and inform the public about current issues facing their community. In addition, political candidates regularly come out during election season to campaign for office, giving voters an opportunity to get to know them better before making a decision. During election season and throughout the year, it is important for the residents of Franklin County to stay informed and engaged in local politics to best represent their values and ensure that decisions made are in their best interest.
The political climate in Franklin County, IL is very conservative.
In Franklin County, IL 25.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.0% to 25.5%.
Franklin county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin County, IL is very conservative.
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Illinois is moderately 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, Illinois: d 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, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 464 contributions totaling $28,705 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 374 contributions totaling $383,874 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,026 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)