Counties · South-central GOP base
Franklin County
Franklin has 105,898 registered voters as of Oct 19, 2026, 1.2% of the state's roll. Republicans lead by 40,636, down from 40,792 at the November 2024 election. The scenario model groups it with 5 other counties as “South-central GOP base.”
Registered now
105,898
All parties, Oct 19, 2026
Republican lead
40,636
D 22.4% · R 60.8% of the roll
Since Nov 2024
+956
+0.9% from 104,942
Inactive
6.8%
98,734 active, 7,164 inactive
Registration by party
Since Nov 2024 the Republican share here fell from 61.8% to 60.8% and the Democratic share fell from 22.9% to 22.4%.
Now (Oct 19, 2026)
- Democrats 22.4%
- Republicans 60.8%
- Other and no party 16.8%
May 2026 primary
- Democrats 22.3%
- Republicans 61.4%
- Other and no party 16.3%
Nov 2024 election
- Democrats 22.9%
- Republicans 61.8%
- Other and no party 15.4%
| When | Dem | Rep | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now (Oct 19, 2026) | 23,755 | 64,391 | 17,752 | 105,898 |
| May 2026 primary | 23,415 | 64,412 | 17,124 | 104,951 |
| Nov 2024 election | 24,011 | 64,803 | 16,128 | 104,942 |
Republicans lead by 40,636, down from 40,997 at the May primary.
Turnout, 2014–2024
In 2022, 65.4% of Franklin's registered voters cast a governor vote, 4.9 points above the state. In 2024 it was 79.9%, 3.3 points above the state.
- Franklin
- Statewide
Results by year
Mastriano carried Franklin by 32.3 points in 2022, and Trump by 43.0 in 2024. Republicans carried it in all 6 elections.
| Election | Democrat | Votes | Republican | Votes | Other | Margin | Registered | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 governor | Wolf | 12,461 (32%) | Corbett | 25,913 (68%) | 0 | Corbett +35.0 | 88,291 | 43.5% |
| 2016 president | Clinton | 17,465 (25%) | Trump | 49,768 (71%) | 2,498 | Trump +46.3 | 93,018 | 75.0% |
| 2018 governor | Wolf | 18,447 (34%) | Wagner | 35,634 (65%) | 841 | Wagner +31.3 | 92,591 | 59.3% |
| 2020 president | Biden | 22,422 (28%) | Trump | 57,245 (71%) | 1,116 | Trump +43.1 | 100,974 | 80.0% |
| 2022 governor | Shapiro | 21,612 (33%) | Mastriano | 42,731 (65%) | 1,007 | Mastriano +32.3 | 99,955 | 65.4% |
| 2024 president | Harris | 23,543 (28%) | Trump | 59,604 (71%) | 737 | Trump +43.0 | 104,942 | 79.9% |
What Garrity needs here
On the smallest uniform path to a statewide tie, Garrity needs 69.9% of the ballot in Franklin. That is 4.5 points more than Mastriano won in 2022, and 1.2 points below Trump's 2024 share.
Mastriano 2022
65.4%
Wagner 2018 64.9% · Corbett 2014 67.5%
Trump 2024
71.1%
Share of the presidential ballot
Tie-path target
69.9%
71.0% of the two-party vote
Gain over Mastriano
+4.5 pts
Share of the ballot
Net votes needed
+6,258
Over a 2022 replay, 0.8% of the statewide gap
In 2022 Shapiro lost Franklin by 21,119 votes. At the target, on about 69,235 ballots at 2022 turnout on today's roll, Garrity would carry the county by 28,632 votes. That is 6,258 net votes better for her than a 2022 replay on the same roll.
How turnout is measured
Turnout is votes in the top race divided by registered voters. The top race is governor in 2014, 2018 and 2022 and president in 2016, 2020 and 2024. The state's returns files have no total-ballots count, so this undercounts by the roughly 1% who skip the top race.
The state's own 2024 count of people who voted in Franklin is 84,316, against 83,884 presidential votes.
A turnout rate can rise because the roll shrank, not because more people voted. That did not happen to a large degree here: no four-year span saw the roll fall 5% or more while votes held within 3%. Warren is the clearest case statewide: 20,650 presidential votes in 2020 and 20,723 in 2024 on a roll that fell from 31,431 to 26,871.