Crooked Lake Park is a small town in Florida with a population of about 5,000 people. The political environment in Crooked Lake Park is fairly conservative and the local elected officials are mainly Republicans. There are no current local political candidates, but the city council is currently working on several initiatives which could have an impact on local politics in the future. Local issues such as environmental protection, education, and economic development are important to the residents of this community. Additionally, the town is represented at a state level by several Republican representatives who advocate for their constituents' interests. Ultimately, Crooked Lake Park is a friendly and welcoming place to live that values its commitment to preserving its traditional values while striving for progress.
The political climate in Crooked Lake Park, FL is somewhat conservative.
Polk County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Polk County, FL 42.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained strongly Republican, 56.6% to 42.2%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crooked Lake Park, FL is somewhat conservative.
Polk County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Lakeland-Winter Haven Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
Florida 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.
Crooked Lake Park, Florida: 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Crooked Lake Park, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 294 contributions totaling $18,066 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 269 contributions totaling $130,782 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $486 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)