Kahului, HI is a bustling city located on the island of Maui. Politically, it is part of the Hawaii State Legislature and has a representative in the House of Representatives and Senate. The District 12 seat in Kahului is currently held by Senator Gil Keith-Agaran, who was first elected to the legislature in 2012. He has been involved in many initiatives to support local communities and economic development throughout Maui County. In addition, he is active in local politics and often speaks at community events and meetings to engage with constituents. Recently, he has proposed a bill to invest more resources into public education on Maui. There are also members of other political parties in Kahului who are active in local politics and frequently seek election as representatives for their district in various offices within the state government.
The political climate in Kahului, HI is strongly 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
Kahului, HI is strongly 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.
Kahului, 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 Kahului, HI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,755 contributions totaling $294,289 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 386 contributions totaling $128,662 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $333 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)