Cresbard is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 64% of adults in Cresbard typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cresbard, ~10% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cresbard compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cresbard leans more Republican than 15 of 17 neighbors.
Cresbard runs about 38 points more Republican than South Dakota as a whole.
Why Cresbard leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Cresbard, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Cresbard sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 15 points above the South Dakota average of 81%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Cresbard, SD sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Cresbard looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 92% of households in Cresbard own their home, about 15 points above the South Dakota average of 77%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Cresbard have completed high school, above 92% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Wecota, SD R+68
- Miranda, SD R+65
- Faulkton, SD R+65
- Powell, SD R+61
- Northville, SD R+60
- Plainview Colony, SD R+61
- Norbeck, SD R+69
- Mansfield, SD R+57
- Athol, SD R+58
- Orient, SD R+66
Cities with Similar Populations
- Junedale, PA R+53
- Fame, OK R+64
- Toliver, KY R+60
- Manchester, TX R+76
- Despard, WV R+41
- Greenbush, KS R+65
- Greenfield, VA R+51
- Denmark, IN R+63
- Pollock, MO R+69
- Shellman Bluff, GA R+44
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from South Dakota Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.