Muskego Way, Milwaukee, WI Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Muskego Way

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

Muskego Way leans heavily Democratic by roughly 40 points: about 70% of voters vote Democratic and 30% Republican.

 

About 40% of adults in Muskego Way typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Muskego Way, ~28% vote Democratic, ~12% Republican, and ~60% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Muskego Way compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Muskego Way leans more Democratic than 17 of 44 neighbors.

Muskego Way runs about 41 points more Democratic than Wisconsin as a whole. Wisconsin is roughly evenly split, and Muskego Way sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Muskego Way. The northeast side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+47) and the southwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+33), a spread of about 14 points.

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

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Muskego Way 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 51% of adults in Muskego Way have never been married, above 83% of neighborhoods. Muskego Way runs against the grain of Wisconsin, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Muskego Way, Milwaukee, WI sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Muskego Way looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Muskego Way 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%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 75% of households in Muskego Way rent, about 50 points above the U.S. average of 25%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 47% of adults in Muskego Way report food insecurity, above 97% 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.