Wales leans heavily Republican by roughly 30 points: about 35% of voters vote Democratic and 65% Republican.
About 98% of adults in Wales typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wales, ~34% vote Democratic, ~64% Republican, and ~2% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Wales compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Wales leans more Republican than 51 of 97 neighbors.
Wales runs about 30 points more Republican than Wisconsin as a whole.
Why Wales 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 Wales, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Wales votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 45%, well above the Wisconsin average of 24%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Wales are family households, above 88% of cities.
High-school completion, uninsured rate, and voter turnout
Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a low uninsured rate tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Wales, WI does.
Why turnout in Wales looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Wales 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 more than 99% of adults in Wales have completed high school, above 98% of cities. 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.