Hilo, HI is a small city located on the east coast of Hawaii's Big Island. It is home to a diverse and vibrant community with unique political beliefs and perspectives. Local politics in Hilo are mainly focused on issues that affect the city itself, such as infrastructure improvements, economic development, environmental protection, and public safety initiatives. The City Council of Hilo is responsible for all decisions affecting the town and consists of members who are elected by citizens of the area. The Mayor of Hilo serves two-year terms and is also elected by local residents. Local elections in Hilo typically focus on issues such as fiscal responsibility, quality of life amenities, traffic relief, and green space preservation. Political candidates often discuss their views about these topics at debates held throughout the year leading up to election day.
The political climate in Hilo, 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
Hilo, 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.
Hilo, 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 Hilo, HI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,459 contributions totaling $148,874 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 367 contributions totaling $34,380 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)