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

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

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

 

About 61% of adults in Punaluu typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Punaluu, ~36% vote Democratic, ~25% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Punaluu compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Punaluu leans more Democratic than 5 of 6 neighbors.

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

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

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 34% of adults in Punaluu hold a bachelor's degree, about 5 points above the U.S. average of 28%.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Punaluu, HI sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Punaluu looks the way it does

Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 23% of adults in Punaluu report food insecurity, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 16%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 95% of adults in Punaluu have completed high school, above 74% of cities. 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.