Roosevelt Grove is a Democratic stronghold. About 94% of voters here vote Democratic and 6% Republican.
About 72% of adults in Roosevelt Grove typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Roosevelt Grove, ~68% vote Democratic, ~4% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Roosevelt Grove compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Roosevelt Grove leans more Democratic than 53 of 54 neighbors.
Roosevelt Grove runs about 89 points more Democratic than Wisconsin as a whole. Wisconsin is roughly evenly split, and Roosevelt Grove sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Why Roosevelt Grove 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 Roosevelt Grove, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Density combined with diversity predicts Democratic voting. Non-Hispanic white share in Roosevelt Grove is about 4%, about 69 points below the U.S. average of 72%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 63% of adults in Roosevelt Grove have never been married, above 95% of neighborhoods. Roosevelt Grove runs against the grain of Wisconsin, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.
Paved land cover and Democratic lean
Places with extensive paved surfaces tend to lean Democratic; Roosevelt Grove, Milwaukee, WI sits in the top tenth 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 Roosevelt Grove looks the way it does
Turnout in Roosevelt Grove 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 Neighborhoods
- Sunset Heights, Milwaukee, WI D+77
- Lincoln Creek, Milwaukee, WI D+84
- Grasslyn Manor, Milwaukee, WI D+80
- Franklin Heights, Milwaukee, WI D+88
- Sherman Park, Milwaukee, WI D+86
- Saint Joseph, Milwaukee, WI D+80
- Park West, Milwaukee, WI D+86
- Uptown, Milwaukee, WI D+76
- Rufus King, Milwaukee, WI D+87
- Old North Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI D+85
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Orchard Park, Wichita, KS R+9
- University Center, Atlanta, GA D+88
- Colonial Place Riverview, Norfolk, VA D+61
- Plaza Midwood, Charlotte, NC D+40
- North University, Austin, TX D+72
- Third World, San Antonio, TX D+29
- Bear Creek, Irving, TX D+22
- Hope, Providence, RI D+78
- Yorktown, Huntington Beach, CA Even
- Gravois Park, St. Louis, MO D+72
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.