The politics in the Honolulu, HI Metro Area are largely focused on issues that directly impact the local community. With a population of nearly one million people, there is a wide range of opinions and perspectives represented in the political realm. Local politicians focus on issues such as improving public transportation, addressing homelessness, providing more affordable housing options, and creating job opportunities for residents. Many candidates run for elected office by advocating for their specific set of beliefs and ideas on how to improve the area that they would represent. These candidates often debate on matters such as environmental protection, taxation policy, and economic growth strategies. In addition to these topics, candidates also strive to make their city a better place by finding ways to reduce crime and improve quality of life for all its citizens.
The political climate in Urban Honolulu Metro Area is strongly liberal.
In Urban Honolulu Metro Area 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, the Honolulu metro area remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.5% to 35.7%.
The Honolulu metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Urban Honolulu, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Urban Honolulu Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 62,119 contributions totaling $10,026,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9,871 contributions totaling $2,236,185 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)