The small town of Waialua, HI has a population of roughly 3,000 people and is located on the northern coast of Oahu. The politics in Waialua are focused on local issues that affect residents directly. Local political candidates focus on topics such as infrastructure improvements, education funding, and economic development within the community. Residents also take an active role in local politics by attending meetings and participating in ballot initiatives. The elections are mainly nonpartisan and require candidates to be knowledgeable about the issues that they are running for office on. Overall, the citizens of Waialua have a vested interest in their own civic engagement and making sure their voices are heard at the local level.
The political climate in Zip 96791 (Waialua, 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 96791 (Waialua, HI) is moderately liberal.
Waialua, 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.
Waialua, 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 96791 (Waialua)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 265 contributions totaling $14,676 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $8,707 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)