Franklin, GA is a small town located in Heard County that is home to just over 1,400 people. Despite its size, Franklin has an active political landscape. The current mayor of Franklin is Mayor Anthony Ford who was elected in 2020 and is the first African-American mayor in Franklin's history. The town also has two council members: Councilman Gregory Jones and Councilwoman Gail Burrel. Both are committed to keeping the town's local businesses flourishing and making sure residents have access to quality resources. They work on a variety of projects such as developing new parks for the community, maintaining public safety, and increasing economic development efforts. Residents can stay up-to-date with local politics by attending city council meetings or by visiting their website for detailed information about upcoming events.
The political climate in Zip 30217 (Franklin, GA) is very conservative.
Heard County, GA is very conservative. In Heard County, GA 15.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Heard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.8% to 15.3%.
Heard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30217 (Franklin, GA) is very conservative.
Franklin, Georgia is very conservative.
Heard County, Georgia is very conservative.
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta Metro Area is moderately liberal.
Georgia is leaning 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, Georgia: 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 zip 30217 (Franklin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $7,269 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)