Crooks, SD is a small town with a population of about 900 people. It is located in Minnehaha County and is part of the Sioux Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. While the town may be small, it does have its own local political representation. At the city level, Crooks has an elected mayor and four-member council that oversee daily operations within the town. The mayor and council work together to create laws and policies specific to Crooks, SD which helps shape the future of the community. Additionally, Crooks is part of Minnehaha County's Commission that ensures county wide issues are addressed in a timely manner and help provide a voice to citizens across the county. Lastly, residents of Crooks are represented in national politics through their representatives at both local state and federal levels who work to ensure that their needs are met on a larger scale.
The political climate in Crooks, SD is moderately conservative.
Minnehaha County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Minnehaha County, SD 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Minnehaha county remained moderately Republican, 53.3% to 43.8%.
Minnehaha county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crooks, SD is moderately conservative.
Minnehaha County, South Dakota is somewhat conservative.
Sioux Falls Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
South Dakota is strongly 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.
Crooks, South Dakota: R R d 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 Crooks, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 184 contributions totaling $4,546 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)