Waunakee, WI Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Waunakee

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

Waunakee leans Democratic by roughly 26 points: about 63% of voters vote Democratic and 37% Republican.

 

About 93% of adults in Waunakee typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Waunakee, ~59% vote Democratic, ~35% Republican, and ~6% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Waunakee compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Waunakee leans more Democratic than 48 of 58 neighbors.

Waunakee runs about 28 points more Democratic than Wisconsin as a whole. Wisconsin is roughly evenly split, and Waunakee sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Waunakee. The east side runs the most Democratic (D+34) and the northeast side runs the most Republican (Even), a spread of about 35 points.

Why Waunakee 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 Waunakee, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 60% of adults in Waunakee hold a bachelor's degree, about 32 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Dense areas vote Democratic, and Waunakee sits in the top fifth on density (about 42%, above 85% of cities). Waunakee 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; Waunakee, WI sits in the top quarter 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 Waunakee looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Waunakee 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 about 98% of adults in Waunakee have completed high school, above 95% 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.