Franklin, NY County is an area that offers a range of different political experiences for its citizens. Local elections typically include candidates from both major political parties and have proven to be competitive and close races in the past. The local government works diligently to ensure that all voices are heard on the issues impacting their communities, and citizens often actively participate in shaping their local politics. Over the years, Franklin County has seen several successful initiatives that benefit the community as a whole. Residents enjoy a high quality of life with many opportunities for civic engagement and involvement in their local politics.
The political climate in Franklin County, NY is leaning conservative.
In Franklin County, NY 48.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained narrowly Republican, 50.2% to 48.0%.
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, NY is leaning conservative.
Malone Metro Area is leaning conservative.
New York 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, New York: 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, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,460 contributions totaling $411,987 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 204 contributions totaling $94,202 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $462 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)