Hawaiian Ocean View, HI is a small community located in Hawaii's Big Island. Its zip code is 96737. The town has a rich history and culture, however it is not very involved in politics. It does have an active local government, which includes the mayor and council members who work together to make decisions that benefit the townspeople. This includes issues like public safety, job growth, infrastructure improvements, and environmental protection. Each election cycle, candidates from both major parties run for local office and are supported by their respective party affiliates in the region. Despite its small population size, Hawaiian Ocean View remains committed to its local politics and strives to ensure all citizens have a voice in what's going on within their community.
The political climate in Zip 96737 (Hawaiian Ocean View, HI) is strongly 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
Zip 96737 (Hawaiian Ocean View, HI) is strongly liberal.
Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii is strongly 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.
Hawaiian Ocean View, 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 zip 96737 (Hawaiian Ocean View)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 330 contributions totaling $7,445 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $2,440 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)