The politics in Punaluu, HI are largely focused around the local and regional government offices. The town is served by a mayor, who is elected by the citizens of Punaluu, along with several other city officials such as a council and school board members. These officials make decisions about the town's budget and infrastructure projects that will benefit the community. They also help to create and enforce policies that maintain a sense of order in the city. Additionally, they represent the interests of their constituents when negotiating with external political bodies and organizations. Due to its size, Punaluu does not have any larger political parties or candidates campaigning in its elections. However, members of both major parties are typically active in local community affairs and are engaged in debates about different issues facing the town.
The political climate in Punaluu, HI is moderately liberal.
Honolulu County, HI is strongly liberal. In Honolulu County, HI 62.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Honolulu county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.5% to 35.7%.
Honolulu county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Punaluu, HI is moderately liberal.
Honolulu County, Hawaii is strongly liberal.
Urban Honolulu 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.
Punaluu, 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 Punaluu, HI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 354 contributions totaling $13,381 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $2,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)