The small town of Kealakekua, Hawaii is located in the district of South Kona on the Big Island. Home to a population of about 2,026 people as of 2019, Kealakekua is the largest settlement in the area. The town is known for its historical sites, including Pu?uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park and Ahu?ena Heiau. Politically, Kealakekua is part of Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District and is covered by two State Senate districts: 1st Senatorial District and 5th Senatorial District. Currently, Governor David Ige represents the state while U.S Representative Tulsi Gabbard represents Kealakekua on the federal level. On a local level, Council Member Rebecca Villegas serves as Mayor and Council Member Richard Asing serves as Vice Mayor. In addition to these officials, there are four other members that make up the current council: Jens Quayle, Robert Gibbons, Victoria Kaye-Moses and Thomas Meister. All these representatives work to ensure that each resident in Kealakekua receives quality service from their government.
The political climate in Zip 96750 (Kealakekua, 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 96750 (Kealakekua, HI) is strongly liberal.
Kealakekua, 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.
Kealakekua, 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 96750 (Kealakekua)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 315 contributions totaling $8,568 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $3,420 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)