LIST: Hawaii’s Republican Party presidential caucus voting locations (2024)

FAQs

Is Hawaii a Republican or Democrat? ›

Since the 1960 election, Hawaii has been won by the Democratic Party in every presidential election, except in 1972 and 1984, which were both won in a national Republican landslide victory by Nixon and Ronald Reagan respectively.

As a result, Hawaii's congressional politics are typically dominated by Democrats since statehood in 1959. The state has elected just one Republican U.S. senator, Hiram Fong, who served from 1959 to 1977, and two GOP House members. The rest have been Democrats.

Hawaii's current congressional delegation in the 118th Congress consists of its two senators and two representatives, all of whom are Democrats.

In Hawaii in 2022, 11.1% of the total population was Hispanic, 21.3% were White, 1.9% were Black, 0.2% were American Indian/Alaska Native and 45.4% were Asian/Pacific Islander. The demographic distribution of women and children in a state, county or city can have an impact on the rates of birth outcomes in that area.

Democrats have held onto a solid majority since 1962, with near-complete control over the state's congressional delegation and its legislative and executive branch. At the national level, Democrats held all of Hawaii's seats in the Senate and the House.

Like all of Hawaii, Maui County is reliably Democratic. It has only been carried by the Republican presidential candidate three times since its statehood in 1959: in 1960, 1972 and 1984.

After 1840, the name Sandwich Islands was slowly replaced by the name Hawaiian Islands. The important change to "Hawaiian Islands" in the 1840 constitution appears to be based upon at least three identifiable factors.

Hawaii's local governmental structure is unique among the U.S. states in that it is limited to two levels of government: the state and the four counties, each with a mayor and a council. There are no municipal governments. State and county governments are also major employers.

Historically, the Governor of Hawaii has been from either the Democratic Party of Hawaii or Hawaii Republican Party. The current governor of Hawaii is Democrat Josh Green, who assumed the position on December 5, 2022.

Is Hawaii controlled by the US government? ›

With the passage of Hawaiian annexation in 1898, her control of the throne was permanently lost, and Hawaii became a U.S. territory. After a referendum in which 93% of Hawaii voters supported statehood, Hawaii became the fiftieth U.S. state in 1959.