Waikoloa Village is a census-designated place in Hawai'i located on the Big Island. It is an unincorporated community with no local government, meaning that decisions and laws are made at the state level by politicians elected to represent the area. The people of Waikoloa Village vote in elections for county, state, and federal representatives such as US Senators and Representatives, Mayor of Hawaii County, Governor of Hawaii, and members of the Hawai'i State Legislature. These elected officials make decisions on behalf of all citizens in Waikoloa Village regarding policy issues like taxation, crime enforcement, education reform, environmental protection, healthcare access and more. As a result of these representatives' efforts, Waikoloa Village enjoys strong public safety programs, high quality educational services provided by public schools as well as a variety of recreational activities within its borders. With these features combined with low taxes for residence’s Waikoloa Village is a great place to live for those looking to enjoy the beauty and culture of Hawai’i without worrying about politics or political candidates.
The political climate in Waikoloa Village, HI is moderately liberal.
Hawaii County, HI is very liberal. In Hawaii County, HI 66.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hawaii county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.9% to 30.6%.
Hawaii county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Waikoloa Village, HI is moderately liberal.
Hawaii County, Hawaii is very liberal.
Hilo Metro Area is very liberal.
Hawaii is strongly liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Waikoloa Village, Hawaii: D D D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Waikoloa Village, HI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 497 contributions totaling $30,159 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 143 contributions totaling $26,383 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)