Franklin, Texas is a small town located in Robertson County. It is an area with great political participation and engagement among its citizens. The town is served by the Robertson County Commissioner's Court and various other boards and departments operating within the county. At the state level, Franklin lies in District 13 of the Texas House of Representatives, which is currently held by Representative Ben Leman. On the Federal level, Franklin is represented by Congressman Bill Flores from Texas' 17th Congressional District, who serves on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce as well as several other committees. Locally, Franklin holds elections for city council members every two years to serve as representatives of their neighborhoods and make decisions regarding local issues such as taxation or infrastructure projects. In addition to these officials, there are numerous organizations that promote policy dialogue among citizens in order to ensure that all voices are heard in local government decisions.
The political climate in Zip 77856 (Franklin, TX) is very conservative.
Robertson County, TX is very conservative. In Robertson County, TX 29.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Robertson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 29.3%.
Robertson county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77856 (Franklin, TX) is very conservative.
Franklin, Texas is very conservative.
Robertson County, Texas is very conservative.
College Station-Bryan Metro Area is moderately conservative.
Texas is leaning 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, Texas: d 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 77856 (Franklin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $458 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $8,098 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)