The town of Lihue, located in Kauai, Hawaii is a vibrant community of 96766 people. It is governed by the Kauai County Council, which consists of seven members that are elected by the local population. The Mayor and Vice-Mayor are also elected from among the seven members every two years. Residents can get involved in local politics through engaging with their public officials at city council meetings or participating in political activities such as rallies or fundraisers. There are several issues that are important to the citizens of Lihue including infrastructure development, transportation options, preservation of the natural environment, and education reform. Residents should be aware of their local political candidates so they can make informed decisions when voting for their representatives.
The political climate in Zip 96766 (Lihue, HI) is moderately liberal.
Kauai County, HI is strongly liberal. In Kauai County, HI 63.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kauai county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.4% to 34.6%.
Kauai county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 96766 (Lihue, HI) is moderately liberal.
Lihue, Hawaii is moderately liberal.
Kauai County, Hawaii is strongly liberal.
Kapaa 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.
Lihue, 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 96766 (Lihue)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 717 contributions totaling $35,456 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $18,196 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)