Clarke Square, Milwaukee, WI Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Clarke Square

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

Clarke Square leans heavily Democratic by roughly 46 points: about 73% of voters vote Democratic and 27% Republican.

 

About 33% of adults in Clarke Square typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Clarke Square, ~24% vote Democratic, ~9% Republican, and ~67% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Clarke Square compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Clarke Square leans more Democratic than 20 of 49 neighbors.

Clarke Square runs about 47 points more Democratic than Wisconsin as a whole. Wisconsin is roughly evenly split, and Clarke Square sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Why Clarke Square 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 Clarke Square, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Clarke Square 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 51% of adults in Clarke Square have never been married, above 83% of neighborhoods. Clarke Square runs against the grain of Wisconsin, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Clarke Square, Milwaukee, WI sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Clarke Square looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Clarke Square is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 46%, about 21 points below the Wisconsin average of 66%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 73% of households in Clarke Square rent, about 48 points above the U.S. average of 25%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 40% of adults in Clarke Square report food insecurity, above 93% 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.