Pine Bluff leans Democratic by roughly 20 points: about 60% of voters vote Democratic and 40% Republican.
About 88% of adults in Pine Bluff typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pine Bluff, ~53% vote Democratic, ~35% Republican, and ~12% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pine Bluff compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pine Bluff leans more Democratic than 39 of 57 neighbors.
Pine Bluff runs about 20 points more Democratic than Wisconsin as a whole. Wisconsin is roughly evenly split, and Pine Bluff sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Pine Bluff. The northeast side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+34) and the southeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+11), a spread of about 24 points.
Why Pine Bluff 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 Pine Bluff, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 55% of adults in Pine Bluff hold a bachelor's degree, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Pine Bluff runs against the grain of Wisconsin, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Pine Bluff, WI sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Pine Bluff looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Pine Bluff is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 76%, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Pine Bluff have completed high school, above 93% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Cross Plains, WI D+25
- Verona, WI D+45
- Middleton, WI D+53
- Martinsville, WI D+14
- Mount Horeb, WI D+16
- Black Earth, WI D+9
- Ashton Corners, WI D+29
- Mount Vernon, WI D+20
- Shorewood Hills, WI D+86
- Springfield Corners, WI D+4
Cities with Similar Populations
- Pollard, AR R+70
- Kanesville, UT R+59
- Skinnersburg, KY R+52
- Newell, PA R+40
- Lake Sunnyside, NY R+2
- Forksville, VA R+19
- Tucson, OH R+58
- Spaulding, OK R+67
- Lafayette, VA R+44
- Workman, SC R+10
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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.