Franklin, MO (65250) is a small city located in northeastern Missouri and is part of Gasconade County. Franklin has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor serving as the chief executive officer of the municipality. The city council consists of five members who are elected by the citizens every four years. The current mayor is Tony Stiegen, who has served in this capacity since 2018. A number of local initiatives and projects have been undertaken under his leadership to promote economic development and improve public safety in Franklin. While the city does not currently have any representatives at the state level, they are actively engaged in advocating for their interests at the county level. In addition, there are several political action committees that focus on local issues such as education, health care access and public infrastructure. The citizens of Franklin have consistently demonstrated an interest in participating in local politics and engaging with their community to ensure that their voices are heard and represented at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 65250 (Franklin, MO) is very conservative.
Howard County, MO is very conservative. In Howard County, MO 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 27.7%.
Howard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65250 (Franklin, MO) is very conservative.
Franklin, Missouri is very conservative.
Howard County, Missouri is very conservative.
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Missouri is somewhat 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, Missouri: 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 65250 (Franklin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $510 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)