Crook County, Wyoming is home to a small population of around 7,000 people. The county seat is Sundance and it has the only incorporated town in the county. Despite its small size, Crook County still features local politics as an active part of the community. In recent years, both local and national elections have brought out strong voter turnout in this rural area. Local politicians work hard to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met while also focusing on important issues such as economic development and education reform. Residents take pride in their voting record and many participate actively in local campaigns. In order to make sure their voices are heard, they often attend town hall meetings and other forums to discuss politics and share ideas.
The political climate in Crook County, WY is very conservative.
In Crook County, WY 9.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 88.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crook county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 88.6% to 9.2%.
Crook county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crook County, WY is very conservative.
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Wyoming is very 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.
Crook, Wyoming: 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 Crook County, WY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55 contributions totaling $7,707 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 308 contributions totaling $75,091 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)