Yankee Hill is a Democratic stronghold. About 79% of voters here vote Democratic and 21% Republican.
About 67% of adults in Yankee Hill typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Yankee Hill, ~53% vote Democratic, ~14% Republican, and ~33% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Yankee Hill compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Yankee Hill leans more Democratic than 19 of 43 neighbors.
Yankee Hill runs about 58 points more Democratic than Wisconsin as a whole. Wisconsin is roughly evenly split, and Yankee Hill sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Yankee Hill. The north side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+64) and the southwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+52), a spread of about 12 points.
Why Yankee Hill 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 Yankee Hill, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Yankee Hill live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. High college attainment predicts Democratic voting, and Yankee Hill sits in the top quarter (about 65%, above 86% of neighborhoods). Yankee Hill 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; Yankee Hill, 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 Yankee Hill looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Yankee Hill 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 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Juneau Town, Milwaukee, WI D+48
- Lower East Side, Milwaukee, WI D+61
- Northpoint, Milwaukee, WI D+57
- Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee, WI D+57
- Murray Hill, Milwaukee, WI D+64
- Riverwest, Milwaukee, WI D+70
- Avenues West, Milwaukee, WI D+52
- Harambee, Milwaukee, WI D+82
- Walker's Point, Milwaukee, WI D+49
- Upper East Side, Milwaukee, WI D+58
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- East Campus, Lincoln, NE D+45
- Pelican Marsh, Naples, FL R+21
- Pinnacle Club, Grove City, OH R+9
- Indian Spring, Boynton Beach, FL D+18
- West End, Greenville, SC D+35
- Vinton Street, Omaha, NE D+28
- Thousand Oaks, Berkeley, CA D+77
- Sayler Park, Cincinnati, OH R+18
- Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, GA D+4
- Winter Halter, Detroit, MI D+87
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.