Hawaii

HAWAII

4 Electoral Votes

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

Total Population, July 1, 2008 est.

1,288,198

Hawaii has: 4 counties.

Government
Governor: Linda Lingle (R) elected 2002, re-elected in 2006.
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. N.Abercrombie (D) | 2. M.Hirono (D).
U.S. Senate: Daniel Akaka (D) re-elected in 2006, Daniel Inouye (D) re-elected in 2004.

The Aloha State

State of Hawaii
Office of Elections

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

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

Politics1-HI

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

[Primary Election: Sept. 20, 2008]

Democratic Precinct Caucuses -- Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Republican State Convention -- May 16-18, 2008

Democrats
29 Delegates (20 Pledged, 9 Unpledged) and 4 Alternates.
0.72% of the 4,049 Delegate Votes.

Two-tier caucus/convention system. Precinct caucuses on Feb. 19, 2008; State Convention on May 24, 2008.

Filing requirements: File a statement of candidacy with the state party and either a $2,500 filing fee or a statement of indigency with petitions signed by 100 members of the state party.

Clinton - endorsed by U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye (May 25, 2007)
Obama

"Preliminary final result for Hawai'i's Presidential Preference Poll"

With 100% of precincts reporting:
Congressional District One: total votes: 15,550
Barack Obama   11,536    74.19%
Hillary Clinton      3,925    25.24%
Congressional District Two: total votes: 21,876
Barack Obama   16,811   76.85%
Hillary Clinton      4,910   22.44%

Dennis Kucinich and John Edwards received an insufficient number of votes to qualify for a delegate.

Total 37,182.

The Hawaii Democratic Party notes, "We have never before had more than 5,000 participants at our caucuses."

Republicans
20 Delegates: 3 RNC; 11 at-large; 6 by CD (3 x 2).
0.84% of the 2,380 Delegates.

Precinct Caucuses: Jan. 25-Feb. 7, 2008
State Convention: May16-18, 2008

McCain -endorsed by Honolulu Advertiser on Feb. 24, 2008 | Paul
former: Giuliani

Note. In the first part of 2006 the Democratic National Committee sought proposals from state parties to hold presidential caucuses or primaries early, in the pre-window period (i.e. before February 5, 2008), in an effort to increase diversity in the early stages of its nominating process. Hawai'i Democrats were among several state parties that applied to the DNC, in April 2006, to hold their caucuses early. The fact that they directed their application to the wrong address at the DNC caused some problems; in any event at its July 22, 2006 meeting the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee recommended Nevada for the new pre-window caucus position.

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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