The small community of Waikoloa Village in Hawaii is an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) with a population of about 10,000 people. The politics in the area are fairly low key and local elections tend to attract minimal media attention and public engagement. The political landscape is largely driven by local activists, who work within the community to ensure that political issues are addressed, heard and taken into consideration. There is little presence of major party candidates running for office in Waikoloa Village, but most residents would agree that the work done by these local activists is what matters most when it comes to representing their interests at the state level.
The political climate in Zip 96738 (Waikoloa Village, HI) is moderately 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 96738 (Waikoloa Village, HI) is moderately liberal.
Waikoloa Village, Hawaii is moderately 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.
Waikoloa Village, 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 96738 (Waikoloa Village)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 497 contributions totaling $30,159 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 143 contributions totaling $26,383 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)