Silver City leans heavily Democratic by roughly 38 points: about 69% of voters vote Democratic and 31% Republican.
About 33% of adults in Silver City typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Silver City, ~23% vote Democratic, ~10% Republican, and ~67% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Silver City compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Silver City leans more Democratic than 15 of 50 neighbors.
Silver City runs about 39 points more Democratic than Wisconsin as a whole. Wisconsin is roughly evenly split, and Silver City sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Why Silver City 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 Silver City, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Silver City live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. Silver City 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; Silver City, Milwaukee, WI sits in the bottom quarter 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 Silver City looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Silver City is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The uninsured rate here is about 28%, about 20 points above the Wisconsin average of 8%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 39% of adults in Silver City report food insecurity, above 93% of neighborhoods. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 66% of adults in Silver City have completed high school, below 96% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Burnham Park, Milwaukee, WI D+36
- Clarke Square, Milwaukee, WI D+46
- Muskego Way, Milwaukee, WI D+40
- Merrill Park, Milwaukee, WI D+67
- Layton Park, Milwaukee, WI D+31
- Forest Home Hills, Milwaukee, WI D+40
- Walker's Point, Milwaukee, WI D+49
- Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee, WI D+43
- Avenues West, Milwaukee, WI D+52
- Johnson's Woods, Milwaukee, WI D+25
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Lower Village District, Claremont, NH R+13
- Fruitdale, Wheat Ridge, CO D+25
- Lynn Lane, Tulsa, OK R+22
- Roundhill, Roanoke, VA D+13
- Downtown Lynnwood, Lynnwood, WA D+24
- Rockwell Park-Hemphill Heights, Charlotte, NC D+72
- Carlton Hill, Wallington, NJ R+16
- Palisades, Lake Oswego, OR D+39
- Sharon Woods, Charlotte, NC D+12
- 65th Street West, Little Rock, AR D+60
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.