Democracy in Action P2016

HAWAII

4 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, State of Hawaii Office of Elections)

Total Resident Population, July 1, 2016 est.

1,4328,557

Hawaii has: 4 counties.

Government
Governor: David Y. Ige (D) elected 2014.
State Legislature: Hawaii State Legislature House: 51 seats Senate: 25 seats
Local: County of Hawaii, City and County of Honolulu, County of Kauai, County of Maui
U.S. House: 2D, 0R- 1. vacant | 2. T.Gabbard (D).
U.S. Senate: Mazie Hirono (D) elected in 2012, Brian Schatz (D) appointed Dec. 2012, elected 2014, re-elected in 2016.

2016 U.S. Senate: Sen. Brian Schatz (D) easily won his bid for a full term; he defeated John Carroll (R) by 306,604 votes (70.1%) to 92,653 votes (21.2%) and 9,103 (2.1%) for Joy J. Allison (C), 6,809 (1.6%) for Michael Kokoski (L), and 1,393 (0.3%) for Raghu Giuffre (ASP).
U.S. House: Rep. Mark Takai (D) died of pancreatic cancer on July 20, 2016. A special election was held on Nov. 8. Former U.S. Rep. Coleen Hanbusa (D) won both the contest to fill the vacancy and the general election by wide margins.
State Legislature: 14 of 25 Senate seats and 51 House seats were up; Democrats maintained dominance in both chambers. The one Republican in the state Senate, Sam Slom (Dist. 9), lost, moving the balance from 24D, 1R to 25D, 0R. In the House Democrats picked up a seat, going from 44D, 7R to 45D, 6R.

State of Hawaii
Office of Elections

Democratic Party of HI
Green Party of HI
HI Republican Party
Libertarian Party of HI

Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Media (Newsp.)
TV, Radio

Politics1-HI
Ballotpedia-HI

The Aloha State

General Election -- Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Voting Eligible Population*: 1,016,971.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 42.2%.

Hawaii again had the lowest turnout as a percentage of voting eligible population of any state (the next lowest state, West Virginia had a VEP turnout rate of 50.1%).

Voter registration deadline: Oct. 10, 2016.
Early vote walk-in locations open: Oct. 25-Nov. 5, 2016.

Official Results >
+Clinton/Kaine (Dem.)	266,891	(62.22%)
Trump/Pence (Rep.)	128,847	(30.04%)
Johnson/Weld (Lib.)	15,954	(3.72%)
Stein/Baraka (Grn.)	12,737	(2.97%)
Castle/Bradley (Const.)	4,508	(1.05%)
Total........428,937

Bllank votes: 8,289
Over votes: 438

Overview: The presidential campaign didn't entirely miss Hawaii—local activists held debate watches, did sign wavings, and engaged in GOTV efforts—but there was never any doubt that Hawaii would remain solidly in the Democratic column. The Clinton/Kaine ticket amassed a plurality of 138,044 votes (32.18 percentage points).
Clinton | Trump
BALLOT [PDF]

[State Primary: August 13, 2016]

Republican Presidential Caucus -- Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Democratic Preesidential Preference Poll -- Saturday, March 26, 2016

Democrats
35 Delegates: 16 District, 6 At-Large, 3 PLEO, 10 Unpledged.

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Republicans
19 Delegates: 3 RNC; 10 at-large; 6 by CD (3 x 2).

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General Election Winners in Hawaii, 1992-2012

1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012
Clinton 48.08%	Clinton 56.93%	Gore 55.79%	Kerry 54.01%	Obama 72.40%	Obama 70.54%

and the details...

General Election -- Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Voting Eligible Population*: 982,943.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 44.2%.

Hawaii had the lowest turnout as a percentage of voting eligible population.

Official Results >
+Obama/Biden (Dem.)	306,658	(70.54)
Romney/Ryan (Rep.)	121,015	(27.84)
Johnson/Gray (Lib.)	3,840	(0.88)
Stein/Honkala (Grn.)	3,184	(0.73)
Total........434,724

Blank votes: 2,227
Over votes: 235

2012 Overview
Hawaii remained solidly in the Democratic column as the Obama/Biden ticket gained a plurality of 185,643 votes (42.70 percentage points).
Obama | Romney
BALLOT [PDF]

General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Voting Eligible Population*: 898,922.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 50.5%.

Hawaii had the lowest turnout as a percentage of voting eligible population.

Official Results >
+Obama/Biden (Dem.)	325,871	(72.40)
McCain/Palin (Rep.)	120,566	(26.78)
Nader/Gonazalez (IndPtyHI)	3,825	(0.85)
Barr/Root (Lib.)	1,314	(0.29)
Baldwin/Castle (Const.)	1,013	(0.23)
McKinney/Clemente (Grn.)	979	(0.22)
Total........453,568

Blank votes: 2,193
Over votes: 303

2008 Overview
Favorite son Barack Obama had no trouble in the Aloha State, amassing a plurality of 205,305 votes (45.62 percentage points).
General Election Details
Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Voting Eligible Population*: 889,540.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 48.2%.

Hawaii had the lowest turnout as a percentage of voting eligible population.

Official Results

+Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)
231,708

(54.01)

Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
194,191
(45.26)

Cobb/LaMarche (Grn.) 1,737
(0.40)

Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)
1,377

(0.32)

Total........429,013

Blank votes: 2,447
Over votes: 202 2004 Overview
Kerry-Edwards won by a sharply reduced plurality of 37,517 votes (8.75 percentage points).
General Election Details
Kerry/Allies | Bush-Cheney '04

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000

Voting Eligible Population*: 832,642.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 44.2%.

Hawaii had the lowest turnout as a percentage of voting eligible population.

Official Results

+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
205,286

(55.79)

Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
137,845

(37.46)

Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
21,623

(5.88)

Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
1,477

(0.40)

Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
1,071

(0.29)

Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
343

(0.09)

Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)
306

(0.08)

Total........367,951

Blank votes: 2,566
Over votes: 596
2000 Overview
No surprises as the Gore-Lieberman ticket won with a plurality of 67,441 votes (18.33 percentage points).

1992 and 1996 General Elections

1992

Clinton (Dem.).......179,310	(48.09)
Bush (Rep.)...........136,822	(36.70)
Perot (NonP.) .........53,003	(14.22)
Others (4).................3,707	(0.99)
Total........372,842

1996

Clinton (Dem.).......205,012	(56.93)
Dole (Rep.)...........113,943	(31.64)
Perot (Ref.).............27,358	(7.60)
Nader (Grn.)...........10,386	(2.88)
Others (3).................3,421	(0.95)
Total........360,120

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