Franklin County, Vermont is a rural area in southern Vermont known for its lush forests and rolling hills. Despite its rural nature, Franklin County has a vibrant political scene with residents actively involved in local government. Local politicians are regularly elected to represent the county's priorities on issues such as infrastructure, the economy, and education. The Franklin County Board of Supervisors works closely with local state representatives to ensure that the county's needs are heard and addressed at the state level. There is also an active citizenry who engage in politics through town meetings and petitioning their legislators. As a result, Franklin County remains an important player in both local and statewide politics.
The political climate in Franklin County, VT is somewhat liberal.
In Franklin County, VT 52.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained moderately Democratic, 52.7% to 43.6%.
Franklin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin County, VT is somewhat liberal.
Burlington-South Burlington Metro Area is very 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, Vermont: d d D D d d
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, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,611 contributions totaling $84,046 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 164 contributions totaling $36,215 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)