Franklin Heights is a Democratic stronghold. About 94% of voters here vote Democratic and 6% Republican.
About 65% of adults in Franklin Heights typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Franklin Heights, ~61% vote Democratic, ~4% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Franklin Heights compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Franklin Heights leans more Democratic than 51 of 53 neighbors.
Franklin Heights runs about 89 points more Democratic than Wisconsin as a whole. Wisconsin is roughly evenly split, and Franklin Heights sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Why Franklin Heights 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 Franklin Heights, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Franklin Heights 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 65% of adults in Franklin Heights have never been married, above 96% of neighborhoods. Franklin Heights 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; Franklin Heights, 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 Franklin Heights looks the way it does
Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Franklin Heights sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Arlington Heights, Milwaukee, WI D+88
- Borchert Field, Milwaukee, WI D+88
- Park West, Milwaukee, WI D+86
- Roosevelt Grove, Milwaukee, WI D+88
- Rufus King, Milwaukee, WI D+87
- North Division, Milwaukee, WI D+86
- Sherman Park, Milwaukee, WI D+86
- Sunset Heights, Milwaukee, WI D+77
- Lincoln Creek, Milwaukee, WI D+84
- Harambee, Milwaukee, WI D+82
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Brookside, Erie, PA Even
- Wood Streets, Riverside, CA D+17
- Woodlawn Lake, San Antonio, TX D+37
- Brentwood, Jacksonville, FL D+76
- Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale, FL D+57
- Turtle Creek, Jacksonville, FL D+75
- Lyndale, Minneapolis, MN D+71
- Cherokee Park, Nashville, TN D+44
- South Central, Raleigh, NC D+69
- The Lakes-Country Club, Spring Valley, NV D+11
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.