Waipahu, HI is an unincorporated community located in Honolulu County in the state of Hawaii. It is a vibrant and diverse area with many cultural attractions and activities to explore. The politics of Waipahu are quite varied, with a range of opinions and interests being represented in the local government. The mayor of Waipahu is Mike Hamasaki, who has served since 2008. He works alongside the city council members to address issues affecting the Waipahu community such as infrastructure projects, affordable housing initiatives, public safety initiatives, and environmental protection efforts. Issues on the city council agenda are regularly discussed at public meetings, allowing residents to have a say in their local government’s decisions. Residents also get to vote for their representatives during elections each year.
The political climate in Zip 96797 (Waipahu, 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 96797 (Waipahu, HI) is moderately liberal.
Waipahu, 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.
Waipahu, 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 96797 (Waipahu)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,137 contributions totaling $87,477 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 219 contributions totaling $33,261 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)