Mount Zion leans heavily Republican by roughly 32 points: about 34% of voters vote Democratic and 66% Republican.
About 68% of adults in Mount Zion typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mount Zion, ~23% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mount Zion compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mount Zion leans more Republican than 47 of 61 neighbors.
Mount Zion runs about 30 points more Republican than Wisconsin as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Mount Zion. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+37) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+25), a spread of about 12 points.
Why Mount Zion leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Mount Zion, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 15% of adults in Mount Zion hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the Wisconsin average of 26%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Mount Zion, WI sits in the bottom quarter 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 Mount Zion looks the way it does
Turnout in Mount Zion 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.
Nearby Cities
- Plugtown, WI R+37
- Westport, WI R+31
- Rolling Ground, WI R+25
- Excelsior, WI R+27
- Bell Center, WI R+25
- Gays Mills, WI R+28
- Petersburg, WI R+36
- Five Points, WI R+25
- Boscobel, WI R+21
- Steuben, WI R+37
Cities with Similar Populations
- Columbia Center, NY R+52
- Stet, MO R+65
- Little Browning, MT D+71
- Standard, CA R+26
- Pitt Gas, PA R+42
- Pharsalia, NY R+48
- Garland, MO R+65
- Hedge City, MO R+73
- Branyan, MS R+84
- Hazle Township, PA R+46
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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.