The 10 Most Liberal Cities In Wisconsin For 2024


The most liberal cities in Wisconsin are Madison and Sun Prairie for 2024 based on Saturday Night Science.

In this article, we will explore some of the most liberal cities in Wisconsin, where progressive ideas and inclusive attitudes flourish.

If you’re looking to move to Wisconsin and want to know where the majority of Wisconsinites lean left, you’ve come to the right place.

Specifically, we wanted to know which cities have the highest number of liberal voters in the Badger State.

To do so, we analyzed how the people in each city in Wisconsin with a population greater than 5,000 voted during the last presidential election. The cities with the highest percentage of voters who voted Democrat were named the most liberal cities in the state.


Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table


The 10 Most Liberal Places In Wisconsin For 2024:

  1. Madison
  2. Sun Prairie
  3. Fitchburg
  4. Middleton
  5. Waunakee
  6. Verona
  7. Stoughton
  8. Oregon
  9. DeForest
  10. McFarland

Most Liberal Cities In Wisconsin Map

If you’re wondering, Slinger is the most conservative city in Wisconsin of all those we measured.

And to be clear, we didn’t form this list based on our biases — we relied on the cold hard data. For more on how we ran the numbers, keep on reading. Then, we’ll take a closer look at each of our top 10 most liberal cities in Wisconsin.

And if you already knew these places were liberal, check out some more reading about Wisconsin and the most liberal places in the country:

The 10 Most Liberal Places In Wisconsin For 2024

Madison, WI

Source: Wikipedia User Dori | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Percent Democrat: 75.5%
More on Madison: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Sun Prairie, WI

Source: Wikipedia User User:Royalbroil | CC BY-SA 2.5
Overall SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Percent Democrat: 75.5%
More on Sun Prairie: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Fitchburg, WI

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

7.5
/10
Percent Democrat: 75.5%
More on Fitchburg: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Middleton, WI

Source: Wikipedia User James Steakley | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Percent Democrat: 75.5%
More on Middleton: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Waunakee, WI

Source: Wikipedia User User:Royalbroil | CC BY-SA 2.5
Overall SnackAbility

10
/10
Percent Democrat: 75.5%
More on Waunakee: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Verona, WI

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Percent Democrat: 75.5%
More on Verona: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Stoughton, WI

Source: Wikipedia User Royalbroil | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

9
/10
Percent Democrat: 75.5%
More on Stoughton: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Oregon, WI

Source: Wikipedia User James Steakley | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10
Percent Democrat: 75.5%
More on Oregon: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Overall SnackAbility

7
/10
Percent Democrat: 75.5%
More on Deforest: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Mcfarland, WI

Source: Wikipedia User Royalbroil | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10
Percent Democrat: 75.5%
More on Mcfarland: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

How we determined the most liberal cities in Wisconsin for 2024

To find the most liberal places in Wisconsin, we used Saturday Night Science – the argument you’d make at a bar – to find the cities with the most liberals.

Straight forward.

We started by making a list of every city in Wisconsin over 5,000 people based on the 2018-2022 American Community Survey. That left us with 142 cities and towns.

We then measured the voting record and MIT election data to determine which places lean the most leftward in their allegiances by:

  1. Percentage Of Votes For Democratic President In 2020

Because no voting data exists at the city level, we used county-level election results from the 2020 election. We assigned every city in a county the percentage of votes that went to the Democrats, effectively extending the county’s results to the city level. In cases where larger cities encompassed an entire county, the election outcomes accurately reflected the city’s political landscape.

The winner, Madison, is “The Most liberal City in Wisconsin For 2024”. The most conservative place in Wisconsin was Slinger.

We updated this article for 2024. This report is our tenth time ranking the most liberal places to live in Wisconsin.

Summing Up The Liberal Snowflakes in Wisconsin

Well, there you have it, the places in Wisconsin that have the highest number of liberals per capita, with Madison ranking as the least conservative in the entire state.

The most liberal cities in Wisconsin are Madison, Sun Prairie, Fitchburg, Middleton, Waunakee, Verona, Stoughton, Oregon, DeForest, and McFarland.

If you’re curious, here are the least liberal cities in Wisconsin:

  1. Slinger
  2. Jackson
  3. Richfield

For more Wisconsin reading, check out:

Most Liberal Places In Wisconsin

Rank City Population % Liberal
1 Madison, WI 268,516 75.5%
2 Sun Prairie, WI 35,847 75.5%
3 Fitchburg, WI 29,826 75.5%
4 Middleton, WI 21,864 75.5%
5 Waunakee, WI 14,794 75.5%
6 Verona, WI 14,040 75.5%
7 Stoughton, WI 13,091 75.5%
8 Oregon, WI 11,240 75.5%
9 Deforest, WI 10,767 75.5%
10 Mcfarland, WI 9,104 75.5%
11 Monona, WI 8,592 75.5%
12 Mount Horeb, WI 7,717 75.5%
13 Cottage Grove, WI 7,567 75.5%
14 Edgerton, WI 5,878 75.5%
15 Milwaukee, WI 573,299 69.1%
16 West Allis, WI 59,907 69.1%
17 Wauwatosa, WI 47,919 69.1%
18 Greenfield, WI 37,521 69.1%
19 Franklin, WI 36,513 69.1%
20 Oak Creek, WI 36,286 69.1%
21 South Milwaukee, WI 20,678 69.1%
22 Cudahy, WI 18,087 69.1%
23 Whitefish Bay, WI 14,804 69.1%
24 Greendale, WI 14,722 69.1%
25 Shorewood, WI 13,707 69.1%
26 Glendale, WI 13,227 69.1%
27 Brown Deer, WI 12,593 69.1%
28 St. Francis, WI 9,288 69.1%
29 Hales Corners, WI 7,677 69.1%
30 Fox Point, WI 6,811 69.1%
31 Ashland, WI 7,903 56.5%
32 La Crosse, WI 52,043 55.8%
33 Onalaska, WI 18,837 55.8%
34 Holmen, WI 10,806 55.8%
35 West Salem, WI 5,253 55.8%
36 Janesville, WI 65,669 54.7%
37 Beloit, WI 36,642 54.7%
38 Evansville, WI 5,720 54.7%
39 Milton, WI 5,692 54.7%
40 Eau Claire, WI 69,098 54.3%
41 Altoona, WI 8,506 54.3%
42 Superior, WI 26,562 53.6%
43 Monroe, WI 10,622 50.7%
44 Stevens Point, WI 25,549 50.3%
45 Plover, WI 13,549 50.3%
46 Baraboo, WI 12,541 50.0%
47 Reedsburg, WI 10,019 50.0%
48 Sturgeon Bay, WI 9,620 49.9%
49 Portage, WI 10,450 48.5%
50 Columbus, WI 5,481 48.5%
About Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson earned his masters in Business Administration from the Drucker School At Claremont Graduate University. He has written for 39 publications across the country and ran the media relations department at Movoto, a real estate portal based in San Francisco. He has been featured in over 500 publications as an expert in real estate and as an authority on real estate trends.

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