Burnham Park, Milwaukee, WI Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Burnham Park

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Burnham Park leans heavily Democratic by roughly 36 points: about 68% of voters vote Democratic and 32% Republican.

 

About 38% of adults in Burnham Park typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Burnham Park, ~26% vote Democratic, ~12% Republican, and ~62% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Burnham Park compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Burnham Park leans more Democratic than 13 of 45 neighbors.

Burnham Park runs about 37 points more Democratic than Wisconsin as a whole. Wisconsin is roughly evenly split, and Burnham Park sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Burnham Park. The northeast side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+40) and the southwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+30), a spread of about 11 points.

Why Burnham Park leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Burnham Park, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Burnham Park live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 47% of adults in Burnham Park have never been married, above 76% of neighborhoods. Burnham Park runs against the grain of Wisconsin, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

Paved land cover and Democratic lean

Places with extensive paved surfaces tend to lean Democratic; Burnham Park, Milwaukee, WI sits in the top tenth 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 Burnham Park looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Burnham Park is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The uninsured rate here is about 28%, about 21 points above the Wisconsin average of 8%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 36% of adults in Burnham Park report food insecurity, above 90% of neighborhoods. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 67% of adults in Burnham Park have completed high school, below 96% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Wisconsin Elections Commission, 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.