Politics in Makakilo, HI are primarily focused on local issues such as education, public safety, infrastructure, and economic development. Makakilo is located in Honolulu County and is represented by a five-member City Council that works to ensure the city's residents have access to quality services. In addition, state representatives from the area provide input on legislation and policies that could affect the city. The Mayor of Honolulu County also serves the Makakilo community and plays a role in advocating for its interests. Residents of Makakilo can also get involved with politics by attending City Council meetings or learning about local candidates who are running for office or re-election. Through active civic engagement, residents of 96707 Makakilo have the opportunity to shape their own destiny.
The political climate in Zip 96707 (Makakilo, HI) is moderately liberal.
Honolulu County, HI is strongly liberal. In Honolulu County, HI 62.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Honolulu county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.5% to 35.7%.
Honolulu county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 96707 (Makakilo, HI) is moderately liberal.
Makakilo, Hawaii is moderately liberal.
Honolulu County, Hawaii is strongly liberal.
Urban Honolulu Metro Area is strongly 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.
Makakilo, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 96707 (Makakilo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,032 contributions totaling $134,504 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 270 contributions totaling $49,056 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)