Naalehu, Hawaii is a small town on the Big Island with a population of just over 600 people. It is one of the most rural and isolated communities in the state, but it is still governed by local elected officials. The mayor of Naalehu is Joshua Keanini, who was elected to this position in 2020. He works closely with the County Council to ensure that local residents have access to the services they need to thrive in their rural community. Additionally, Naalehu is served by two representatives in Hawaii's House of Representatives: Rep. Mark Nakashima and Rep. Richard Creagan. These men work hard to ensure that Naalehu's voice is heard at the state level and that its citizens are represented fairly and adequately when it comes to issues like education, healthcare, infrastructure, and other matters related to life in rural communities.
The political climate in Naalehu, 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
Naalehu, 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.
Naalehu, 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 Naalehu, HI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $1,108 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $1,884 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)