Franklin County in Mississippi is a rural area that is home to many small towns and lots of agricultural land. The county is governed by an elected Board of Supervisors, each representing one of the seven districts within the county. Elections for the board are held every four years, with the most recent election in November 2020. The board consists of representatives from both major parties, including Democrats, Republicans and Independents who strive to make decisions that are in the best interests of all citizens in Franklin County. At the local level, citizens also vote for city and town officials such as mayors and council members. In addition to these local officials, state representatives from Franklin County serve at both the Mississippi House of Representatives and Senate. All these politicians work together to ensure that Franklin County has strong infrastructure, economic development opportunities, and improved access to education and healthcare for all residents.
The political climate in Franklin County, MS is very conservative.
In Franklin County, MS 33.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 33.2%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin County, MS is very conservative.
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Mississippi is moderately 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, Mississippi: 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, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $18,825 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)