Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahar, Madison, WI Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahar

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

Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahar is a Democratic stronghold. About 93% of voters here vote Democratic and 7% Republican.

 

About 92% of adults in Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahar typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahar, ~85% vote Democratic, ~7% Republican, and ~8% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahar compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahar leans more Democratic than 14 of 16 neighbors.

Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahar runs about 86 points more Democratic than Wisconsin as a whole. Wisconsin is roughly evenly split, and Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahar sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Why Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahar 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 Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahar, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 71% of adults in Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahar hold a bachelor's degree, about 43 points above the U.S. average of 28%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 50% of adults in Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahar have never been married, above 82% of neighborhoods. Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahar runs against the grain of Wisconsin, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

Walkability and Democratic lean

Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahar, Madison, WI sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahar looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahar 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 74%, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahar have completed high school, above 93% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.