Maui county, located in the Hawaiian Islands, is home to a diverse and vibrant political landscape. With its population of more than 165,000 people, it is one of the most populous counties in the state. The county government consists of a Mayor and nine Council Members which make up the Maui County Council which has responsibility for enacting all local laws and ordinances regulating and controlling county affairs. On the federal level, Maui County is represented by two senators and two representatives in Congress. There is also a strong presence from various political parties at the local level including the Democratic Party, Republican Party, Libertarian Party and Green Party. Local candidates run for office each year in order to represent their constituents on issues important to them.
The political climate in Maui County, HI is very liberal.
In Maui County, HI 66.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Maui county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.6% to 31.1%.
Maui county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Maui County, HI is very liberal.
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina 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.
Maui, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Maui County, HI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,628 contributions totaling $1,762,688 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,398 contributions totaling $276,606 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)