Kurtistown, HI is a small town on the Big Island of Hawaii. Despite its size and rural location, the community is active in local politics and takes part in civic action to voice their opinions about important issues. Residents engage in public discourse through attending town hall meetings and participating in local non-profit organizations. Local politicians strive to represent the community’s best interests, working with state legislators to ensure Kurtistown gets the resources it needs. Residents have also taken it upon themselves to organize protests and rallies when they feel their voices aren’t being heard, creating a strong sense of unity in this small town.
The political climate in Kurtistown, 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
Kurtistown, 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.
Kurtistown, 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 Kurtistown, HI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,458 contributions totaling $78,679 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 200 contributions totaling $9,657 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)