The politics of Captain Cook, Hawaii are generally shaped by the local government, which is composed of an elected Mayor and four council members. The Mayor is responsible for setting the overall policy direction for the community, while the Council acts as a legislative body and sets local laws and regulations. Currently, the Mayor of Captain Cook is Jack Johnson, who was elected in 2020. The current Council members include Mary Johnson, Mark Morales, Matthew Hall and John Wilson. All of these individuals work together to ensure that the needs and concerns of all citizens are met in Captain Cook. In addition to local elections, residents can also participate in national elections to help shape their government.
The political climate in Captain Cook, HI is somewhat 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
Captain Cook, HI is somewhat 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.
Captain Cook, 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 Captain Cook, HI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,906 contributions totaling $68,422 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 120 contributions totaling $22,682 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)