Franklin, TN is a vibrant city located in Williamson County. It is the seat of government for the county, and it is home to approximately 74,000 people. Politically, Franklin leans conservative, with Republican candidates consistently holding sway in local elections. The area has been represented by Republican Congressman Marsha Blackburn since 2003 and she was recently re-elected to her sixth term in 2018. In addition to Blackburn, the state legislature also has several Republicans representing Williamson County including Senator Jack Johnson and State Representatives Sam Whitson and Glen Casada. Local politics are largely defined by issues of community growth, development, and economic stability. The town council works to ensure that all residents have access to quality services while its Planning Commission helps shape future development projects for the benefit of current and future generations.
The political climate in Zip 37067 (Franklin, TN) is moderately conservative.
Williamson County, TN is strongly conservative. In Williamson County, TN 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Williamson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.2% to 36.1%.
Williamson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37067 (Franklin, TN) is moderately conservative.
Franklin, Tennessee is moderately conservative.
Williamson County, Tennessee is strongly conservative.
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
Tennessee is moderately 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, Tennessee: 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 37067 (Franklin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,485 contributions totaling $157,905 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 839 contributions totaling $526,190 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $627 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)