Kapaa, HI is a charming small town on the island of Kauai with rich cultural and historical heritage that makes it a popular tourist destination. Politically speaking, Kapaa is part of the Kauai County Council and its members serve four year terms. Like other areas in Hawaii, most issues in Kapaa are regulated by state legislation and decisions made by local special purpose districts such as the Department of Water Supply or the Department of Education. Despite being located on an isolated island, Kapaa’s politics are still connected to larger issues like education reform, transportation infrastructure, environmental conservation, taxation regulations and public safety. Local candidates for office typically come from both established political parties competing for electorate attention during election season. Elections in Kapaa are generally peaceful and conducted without any major controversies or questionable behavior from candidates or voters.
The political climate in Kapaa, 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
Kapaa, 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.
Kapaa, 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 Kapaa, HI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,926 contributions totaling $176,238 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 380 contributions totaling $45,452 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)