Manele, HI is a small beach town located on the east coast of Hawaii. With a population of just over 1,600 people, it’s a tight-knit community that values its traditional local politics. The town elects a mayor, five councilmen and two representatives to the county council in order to lead and represent the city. These elected officials work together to ensure that Manele remains a safe, vibrant place to live and work for all residents. They are committed to keeping taxes low while also ensuring that public services like road improvements, police protection and recreational parks remain available. In addition, they strive to create an inviting business environment so that businesses can thrive and bring jobs to the area. Community engagement is incredibly important for this small city and its citizens are encouraged to become involved in the political process by participating in town meetings or contacting their elected officials directly with any questions or concerns they may have about civic life in Manele.
The political climate in Manele, HI is moderately liberal.
Maui County, HI is very liberal. In Maui County, HI 66.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Maui county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.6% to 31.1%.
Maui county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Manele, HI is moderately liberal.
Maui County, Hawaii is very liberal.
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina 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.
Manele, 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 Manele, HI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 76 contributions totaling $2,169 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $2,294 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)