The small rural town of Crooks, SD (zip code 57020) is a tight-knit community with a population of just 1,200 people. There is little to no political activity in this community due to its limited size. However, that doesn't mean the residents of Crooks don't care about their local government. The people of 57020 are passionate about having their voices heard and ensuring that their elected officials make decisions that protect and benefit the community. To this end, they pay close attention to local elections and regularly attend town hall meetings. While there aren’t any set political candidates running for office in the area, the residents of Crooks are actively involved in local politics by expressing their views on issues that matter most to them such as education funding, job growth, infrastructure improvement, and environmental protection.
The political climate in Zip 57020 (Crooks, SD) is somewhat 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
Zip 57020 (Crooks, SD) is somewhat conservative.
Crooks, South Dakota is somewhat 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 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 57020 (Crooks)
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)