Honaunau, HI Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Honaunau

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Honaunau leans heavily Democratic by roughly 32 points: about 66% of voters vote Democratic and 34% Republican.

 

About 75% of adults in Honaunau typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Honaunau, ~50% vote Democratic, ~25% Republican, and ~25% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Honaunau compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Honaunau leans more Democratic than 22 of 24 neighbors.

Honaunau runs about 9 points more Democratic than Hawaii as a whole.

Why Honaunau leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Honaunau, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 48% of adults in Honaunau hold a bachelor's degree, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 28%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 36% of adults in Honaunau have never been married, above 89% of cities.

High-school completion and voter turnout

Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Honaunau, HI sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Honaunau looks the way it does

Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 96% of adults in Honaunau have completed high school, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Hawaii Office of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.

Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Some land-use inputs for Hawaii, including walkability and the environmental-justice index, are estimated rather than measured, so the figures here carry added uncertainty. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.

Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.