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

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

Lincoln Village leans heavily Democratic by roughly 42 points: about 71% of voters vote Democratic and 29% Republican.

 

About 34% of adults in Lincoln Village typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lincoln Village, ~24% vote Democratic, ~10% Republican, and ~66% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Lincoln Village compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Lincoln Village leans more Democratic than 18 of 36 neighbors.

Lincoln Village runs about 43 points more Democratic than Wisconsin as a whole. Wisconsin is roughly evenly split, and Lincoln Village sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Lincoln Village. The northwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+46) and the southwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+36), a spread of about 10 points.

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

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Lincoln Village 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 62% of adults in Lincoln Village have never been married, above 94% of neighborhoods. Lincoln Village 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 Village, Milwaukee, WI sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Lincoln Village looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Lincoln Village 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 41%, about 25 points below the Wisconsin average of 66%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 42% of adults in Lincoln Village report food insecurity, above 95% of neighborhoods. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 67% of adults in Lincoln Village 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.