Franklin, ID is a small rural town in southwestern Idaho with a population of about 2,500 people. Politically, the town leans conservative and is represented by Republican Senator Jim Risch and Republican Representative Mike Simpson in the US Congress. On the county level, Franklin is represented by three commissioners who are elected to three-year terms. At the local level, the mayor and four city council members are elected to two-year terms. The current mayor is Jody Kerby, a long-time resident of Franklin who was first elected in 2017. The city council works together with the mayor to make decisions for the citizens of Franklin. They hold regular meetings every month to discuss issues such as zoning laws, public safety programs, infrastructure improvements and other important matters.
The political climate in Zip 83237 (Franklin, ID) is very conservative.
Franklin County, ID is very conservative. In Franklin County, ID 9.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.7% to 9.9%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83237 (Franklin, ID) is very conservative.
Franklin, Idaho is very conservative.
Franklin County, Idaho is very conservative.
Logan Metro Area is very conservative.
Idaho is strongly 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, Idaho: 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 83237 (Franklin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $225 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)