Franklin, PA is a small town located in the northwest of Pennsylvania. It is governed by local representatives, who are elected every two years to serve the interests of its citizens. The current mayor is Jeff Smith, who has been in office since 2017. The Town Council consists of six members and meets regularly to discuss and vote on matters such as budgeting and public works projects. Residents of Franklin can make their voices heard on issues that affect them directly by attending council meetings or voicing their opinions through other avenues such as emails or social media. With its rural location and small population, Franklin does not have many hot-button political issues, but rather focuses on maintaining a safe and vibrant community for all its residents.
The political climate in Zip 16323 (Franklin, PA) is strongly conservative.
Venango County, PA is very conservative. In Venango County, PA 28.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Venango county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.5%.
Venango county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16323 (Franklin, PA) is strongly conservative.
Franklin, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Venango County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Oil City Metro Area is very conservative.
Pennsylvania 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, Pennsylvania: 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 16323 (Franklin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 563 contributions totaling $19,899 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 134 contributions totaling $15,553 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)