Wainiha is a small town on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. The town is located in the Princeville Resort area on the north shore of the island. The town has a population of about 1,000 people. The town is governed by a mayor and a town council. The town is represented in the Hawaii State Legislature by Representative Cynthia Thielen. Wainiha is part of the 2nd Congressional District of Hawaii, which is represented by Representative Tulsi Gabbard.
The political climate in Wainiha, HI is somewhat liberal.
Kauai County, HI is strongly liberal. In Kauai County, HI 63.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kauai county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.4% to 34.6%.
Kauai county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wainiha, HI is somewhat liberal.
Kauai County, Hawaii is strongly liberal.
Kapaa 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.
Wainiha, 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 Wainiha, HI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 135 contributions totaling $16,042 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $135 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)