Harambee, Milwaukee, WI Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Harambee

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

Harambee is a Democratic stronghold. About 91% of voters here vote Democratic and 9% Republican.

 

About 61% of adults in Harambee typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Harambee, ~55% vote Democratic, ~5% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Harambee compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Harambee leans more Democratic than 33 of 44 neighbors.

Harambee runs about 83 points more Democratic than Wisconsin as a whole. Wisconsin is roughly evenly split, and Harambee sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Harambee. The west side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+87) and the southeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+73), a spread of about 14 points.

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

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Harambee 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 68% of adults in Harambee have never been married, above 97% of neighborhoods. Harambee 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; Harambee, 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 Harambee looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Harambee 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 43%, about 23 points below the Wisconsin average of 66%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 48% of adults in Harambee report food insecurity, above 98% of neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Harambee sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. 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.