Franklin, IN County is a vibrant and diverse community located in Indiana. Politics play an important role in the community as it helps shape the policies that govern how people live their lives. The county has two main political parties, the Republican and Democratic party, which both have strong representation in local government. Local elections are held regularly to decide who will make up the governing body of Franklin County and who will represent its interests in state and federal legislative matters. Every four years, a local primary election is held to choose the local candidates for each major party who will compete in the general election within the county. These elections serve as an opportunity for residents to make their voices heard on issues that matter to them and affect their everyday life. In addition, several special interest groups are active in the county, helping to inform citizens about relevant matters such as education reform, healthcare access, environmental protection initiatives, and economic development. All together these factors help ensure that Franklin County remains an engaged and politically active community where all residents can participate in decisions made at all levels of government.
The political climate in Franklin County, IN is very conservative.
In Franklin County, IN 17.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.6% to 17.8%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin County, IN is very conservative.
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Indiana is somewhat 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, Indiana: 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, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 150 contributions totaling $6,350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $4,145 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)