Democracy in Action P2020

HAWAII

4 Electoral Votes

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

Total Resident Population, July 1, 2019 est.

1,415,872

Registration 832,466
Hawaii has: 4 counties.

Government
Governor: David Y. Ige (D) elected 2014, re-elected 2018.
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 - 1. E.Case (D) | 2. T.Gabbard (D).
U.S. Senate: Mazie Hirono (D) re-elected in 2018, Brian Schatz (D) re-elected in 2016.

2020 U.S. House: In CD-2, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D) announced she would not seek re-election on Oct. 25, 2019 in the midst of her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination; Gabbard was first elected in Nov. 2012. State Sen. Kai Kahele (D) won the race to succeed her by 57.9% of the vote to 28.4% for business development consultant Joe Akana (R), Michelle Tippens (L) (2.3%), Jonathan Hoomanawanui (AA) (2.2%), Ron Burrus (non-partisan) (0.9%) and Raghu John Giuffre (AS) (0.2%).
State Legislature: 13 of 25 Senate seats and all 51 House seats were up. The balance stayed at 24D,1R in the Senate and went from 46D,5R to 47D,4R in the House.

State of Hawaii
Office of Elections

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

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

Politics1-HI
Ballotpedia-HI

The Aloha State

General Election -- Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Act 136, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, requires that all elections in the State be conducted by mail commencing with the 2020 election cycle. >

General Election Ballot Delivered: Oct. 16, 2020 (18 days prior to the election).
Voter Service Centers: Oct. 20-Nov. 2, 2020.

Mail turnout: 551,036
In-person turnout: 28,748

Official Results >
+Biden/Harris (Dem.)	366,130	(63.73)
Trump/Pence (Rep.)	196,864	(34.27)
Jorgensen/Cohen (Lib.)	5,539	(0.96)
Hawkins/Walker (Grn.)	3,822	(0.67)
Pierce/Ballard (ASP)	1,183	(0.21)
Blankenship/Mohr (Const.)	931	(0.16)
Total........574,469

Blank votes: 4,927
Over votes: 388
Total turnout: 579,784

Overview: Hawaii remained solidly in the Democratic column as Biden-Harris won with a plurality of 169,266 votes (29.46 percentage points).
Hawaii was the last state to certify results, on Dec. 9, after the state Supreme Court dismissed what The Daily Beast termed "an impressively weak challenge against the results of the entire state vote."

[State Primary: August 8, 2020]

Democratic Party-Run Primary -- Saturday, April 4, 2020 May 22, 2020

Democrats
Biden 21,215 (63.2%), Sanders (36.8%)... Total 35,044. details

33 Delegates: 15 District, 6 At-Large, 3 PLEO, 9 Unpledged

Republicans

General Election Winners in Hawaii, 1992-2016

1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016
Clinton 48.08%	Clinton 56.93%	Gore 55.79%	Kerry 54.01%	Obama 72.40%	Obama 70.54%	Clinton 62.22%

and the details...

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

Blank 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]

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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