The politics of 96748 Kaunakakai, HI are an interesting mix of local and state-wide issues. This small town is located on the island of Molokai in Hawaii and has a population of about 3,500 people. The mayor of Kaunakakai is John Davis and the city council consists of six members elected by the people every two years. Local issues include promoting economic development, maintaining public safety, improving access to better health care and education, and preserving the natural resources in the area. State-wide issues that affect 96748 Kaunakakai are policy decisions from the Hawaii State Legislature relating to taxes, environmental protection, labor laws, education funding, healthcare reform, and more. Voters in 96748 Kaunakakai are also able to vote in federal elections for representatives at both the state level and national level.
The political climate in Zip 96748 (Kaunakakai, HI) is moderately liberal.
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
Zip 96748 (Kaunakakai, HI) is moderately liberal.
Kaunakakai, Hawaii is moderately liberal.
Maui County, Hawaii 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.
Kaunakakai, 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 96748 (Kaunakakai)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 335 contributions totaling $17,249 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $3,042 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)