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

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

Puako leans Democratic by roughly 18 points: about 59% of voters vote Democratic and 41% Republican.

 

About 60% of adults in Puako typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Puako, ~35% vote Democratic, ~25% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Puako compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Puako leans more Democratic than 3 of 16 neighbors.

Puako runs about 5 points more Republican than Hawaii as a whole.

Why Puako 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 Puako, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 57% of adults in Puako hold a bachelor's degree, about 29 points above the U.S. average of 28%.

Foreign-born share and voter turnout

Places with a foreign-born-heavy population tend to turn out in mixed patterns; Puako, HI sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Puako looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Puako is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.