Kilauea is a small town located on the eastern coast of Hawaii's main island. The town has a rich history and culture that its citizens take pride in. Politically, Kilauea is mainly comprised of conservative voters and the majority of the population aligns to the Republican party. Although there are many local candidates running for office in various levels of government, they generally share similar conservative political ideologies and have similar views on core issues such as taxes, education, and healthcare. During elections, Kilauea residents will come together to discuss local issues and debates amongst candidates can be quite lively due to their dedication to their community.
The political climate in Kilauea, 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
Kilauea, 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.
Kilauea, 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 Kilauea, HI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 909 contributions totaling $223,307 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $24,739 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $442 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)