Franklin, ME County is a small community located in the western part of Maine. It has a long and storied history of local politics that has been shaped by the needs and concerns of the area’s residents. The county seat is the town of Farmington, which is home to several government offices that serve citizens from across the county. In addition to local representation in Farmington, there are also representatives from Franklin County who serve in the state legislature in Augusta. Issues such as taxes, infrastructure funding, education, public safety, and other matters of local importance are debated passionately by elected officials. Political discourse can be lively but respectful as citizens come together to ensure their voices are heard in the political process. This vibrant democracy ensures that Franklin County will remain a strong and thriving community for generations to come.
The political climate in Franklin County, ME is leaning conservative.
In Franklin County, ME 46.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained Republican, 50.3% to 46.4%.
Franklin county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin County, ME is leaning conservative.
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Maine is somewhat 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, Maine: d D D D 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, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,171 contributions totaling $87,702 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 236 contributions totaling $77,781 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $330 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)