Lincoln Creek, Milwaukee, WI Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Lincoln Creek

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

Lincoln Creek is a Democratic stronghold. About 92% of voters here vote Democratic and 8% Republican.

 

About 65% of adults in Lincoln Creek typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lincoln Creek, ~60% vote Democratic, ~5% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Lincoln Creek compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Lincoln Creek leans more Democratic than 41 of 50 neighbors.

Lincoln Creek runs about 85 points more Democratic than Wisconsin as a whole. Wisconsin is roughly evenly split, and Lincoln Creek sits clearly on the Democratic side.

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

Density combined with diversity predicts Democratic voting. Non-Hispanic white share in Lincoln Creek is about 5%, about 67 points below the U.S. average of 72%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 69% of adults in Lincoln Creek have never been married, above 97% of neighborhoods. Lincoln Creek runs against the grain of Wisconsin, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Lincoln Creek, Milwaukee, WI sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Lincoln Creek looks the way it does

Turnout in Lincoln Creek sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. 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.