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

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

Waikane leans slightly Democratic by roughly 14 points: about 57% of voters vote Democratic and 43% Republican.

 

About 65% of adults in Waikane typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Waikane, ~37% vote Democratic, ~28% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Waikane compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Waikane leans more Democratic than 18 of 35 neighbors.

Waikane runs about 10 points more Republican than Hawaii as a whole.

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

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 42% of adults in Waikane hold a bachelor's degree, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 28%.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

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

Why turnout in Waikane looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Waikane 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 75%, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Waikane have completed high school, above 96% of cities. 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.