Franklin County, Kansas is a small rural county located in east-central Kansas. While it is not home to any large cities, its population of 19,671 people still make Franklin County an important part of the region. With many agricultural and small-business interests, the politics of Franklin County are focused on supporting those industries while looking for ways to maintain and increase prosperity in the area. Local politicians strive to create policies that benefit both residents and businesses, while also keeping taxes low enough to attract new investments to the county. These efforts work together to ensure that Franklin County remains a desirable place for residents and businesses alike.
The political climate in Franklin County, KS is very conservative.
In Franklin County, KS 29.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 29.6%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin County, KS is very conservative.
Ottawa Metro Area is very conservative.
Kansas 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, Kansas: 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, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,120 contributions totaling $29,049 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 220 contributions totaling $102,405 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $465 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)