Honolulu, Hawaii is the state capital and largest city in the Aloha State. In Honolulu, politics are managed at the local level by a mayor, council members and other elected officials. The current mayor of Honolulu is Kirk Caldwell, who was re-elected in 2020. The 11 district council members that serve on the Honolulu City Council are tasked with making decisions that shape how the city operates. They work together to create policy initiatives to improve public safety, transportation, housing affordability and quality of life for all residents. Recent initiatives include a commitment to reduce traffic congestion through improved public transportation and increasing access to affordable housing by creating incentives for developers. Overall, Honolulu's political landscape is highly active and engaged as citizens actively participate in local elections and voice their opinions on important issues affecting their community.
The political climate in Zip 96816 (Honolulu, HI) is moderately liberal.
Honolulu County, HI is strongly liberal. In Honolulu County, HI 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, Honolulu county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.5% to 35.7%.
Honolulu county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 96816 (Honolulu, HI) is moderately liberal.
Honolulu, Hawaii is moderately liberal.
Honolulu County, Hawaii is strongly liberal.
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.
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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 96816 (Honolulu)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,337 contributions totaling $939,335 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 610 contributions totaling $118,015 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)