akashic
1876–2024
Kauai County, Hawaii
Kauai County·Hawaii

Kauai County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

Remote island county where tourism economics shape every ballot measure

18762024·38 elections
Kauai County, Hawaii · Daderot · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+20
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
73,731
2024 ACS
Most similar
Maui County
HI · similarity 0.99
16 precincts · 30,064 votes cast
Harris · D+20
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+19.5%
17,67511,80330,064
2020D
+28.8%
21,22511,58233,497
2016D
+33.7%
16,4567,57426,335
2012D
+49.3%
18,6416,12125,372
2008D
+52.1%
20,4166,24527,224
2004D
+20.8%
14,9169,74024,876
2000D
+31.6%
13,4706,58321,773
1996D
+38.2%
13,3575,32521,020
1992D
+23.2%
10,7156,27419,127
1988D
+17.1%
11,7708,29820,266
1984R
−2.1%
8,8629,24918,332
1980D
+19.2%
9,0815,88316,621
1976D
+12.6%
8,1056,27814,522
1972R
−16.7%
5,4017,57112,972
1968D
+25.7%
7,0514,14011,346
1964D
+63.1%
8,7131,97110,684
1960R
−9.9%
4,6365,65510,291
1956
No data
1952
No data
1948
No data
1944
No data
1940
No data
1936
No data
1932
No data
1928
No data
1924
No data
1920
No data
1916
No data
1912
No data
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
19.3%
Other Christian
15.2%
Non-Christian
3.7%
Mainline Protestant
3.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.7%
Baptist
2.5%
Methodist
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Kauai's small, geographically isolated electorate leans Democratic by roughly 20 points in presidential races, but land use, water rights, and resort development consistently drive local contests more than national partisan cues.

The Democratic margin in Kauai County reached its widest at sixty-three points in 1964. The margin in 2024 was twenty points — still decisive.

Kauai County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $97,668, a 30% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 73,731 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Maui County and Mora County.