2020 United States presidential election in Hawaii

The 2020 United States presidential election in Hawaii was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated.[2] Hawaii voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Hawaii has four electoral votes in the Electoral College.[3]

Main article: 2020 United States presidential election
2020 United States presidential election in Hawaii
November 3, 2020
Turnout69.65% [1]
 
Nominee Joe Biden Donald Trump
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Delaware Florida
Running mate Kamala Harris Mike Pence
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 366,130 196,864
Percentage 63.73% 34.27%
County Results
Biden
  60–70%
  90-100%

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Donald Trump
Republican

 Elected President

Joe Biden
Democratic

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Hawaii was the first state in the 2020 election cycle to exceed the voter turnout in 2016, causing the state to attract attention as a representation of an overall trend in increased early voting during the general election.[4]

Biden won Hawaii with 63.7% of the vote and a 29.5% margin over Trump, who earned 34.3%. Both major parties improved over 2016, when third parties earned nearly 8% of the vote; Biden's percentage of the vote was slightly higher than Hillary Clinton's 62.9%, while Trump improved over his 30.3% share of the 2016 vote. However, Biden's margin of victory was slightly smaller than Clinton's 32.6%. Hawaii was one of only seven states and the District of Columbia where Trump's margin increased from 2016, and its 2.7% shift was the largest. Trump won more precincts than he did in 2016, winning more of the west coast of Oahu than he did before and every single vote on Niihau. Trump won more votes in Hawaii than any Republican in history (but not a larger percentage), narrowly beating George W. Bush's performance in 2004.[5] Despite this modest pro-Trump margin swing, Biden won the state by more votes than Clinton, as was the case for the other three states (California, Nevada and Illinois) and the District of Columbia that he won.[6] Hawaii was one of three states where Biden won every county, the other two being Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It was the eighth consecutive election that the Democratic nominee carried every county in the state. Despite his overwhelming victory here, this was the first election since 2004 in which Hawaii was not the most Democratic state in terms of margin or percentage, that title went to Vermont instead.

Per exit polls by the Associated Press, Biden's strength in Hawaii came from progressive whites with 63%, and Asians with 66%.[7] Japanese Americans make up a large percentage of Hawaii, and they are among the most Democratic constituencies.[8] Hawaii was the only state in which the electorate was majority-minority in 2020, with whites comprising only 29% of the electorate.[7]

Primary elections

Canceled Republican primary
Further information: 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries § Cancellation of state caucuses or primaries

On December 11, 2019, the Hawaii Republican Party became one of several state GOP parties to officially cancel their respective primaries and caucuses.[9] Donald Trump's re-election campaign and GOP officials have cited the fact that Republicans canceled several state primaries when George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush sought a second term in 1992 and 2004, respectively; and Democrats scrapped some of their primaries when Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were seeking reelection in 1996 and 2012, respectively.[10][11] Because this was the first of the cancelled Republican state races to directly bind its delegates to the national convention (as opposed to a walking subcaucus-type system), Trump automatically was awarded his first 19 pledged delegates of the nomination campaign.[9][12]

Democratic primary
Further information: 2020 Hawaii Democratic presidential primary

The Hawaii Democratic primary was originally scheduled for April 4, 2020. On March 20, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hawaii Democratic Party canceled in-person voting in favor of mail-in voting.[13] The deadline was then extended to May 22.[14]

This section is an excerpt from 2020 Hawaii Democratic presidential primary § Results[edit]

The primary was conducted by ranked-choice voting. Voters were instructed to mark their top three choices on paper ballots. Any voter with a first choice other than Biden or Sanders had their ballot count in the final round if ranking one of those candidates as a second or third choice.

2020 Hawaii Democratic presidential primary[15]
Candidate First
result		 % Final
result		 % Delegates
Joe Biden 19,593 56.0% 21,215 63.23% 16
Bernie Sanders (suspended) 10,777 30.8% 12,337 36.77% 8
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn) 1,689 4.8%
Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn) 1,377 3.9%
Michael Bloomberg (withdrawn) 460 1.3%
Andrew Yang (withdrawn) 340 1.0
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn) 311 0.9
Uncommitted 291 0.8
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn) 93 0.3
Tom Steyer (withdrawn) 34 0.1
Deval Patrick (withdrawn) 11 0.0
Total 34,976 100% 33,552 100% 24

The ballots were counted separately in each of Hawaii's two Congressional districts.[16]

Vote count by round for District HI-1[16]
Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Joe Biden 8,585 58.90% 8,586 58.90% 8,588 58.90% 8,601 59.00% 8,612 59.40% 8,686 60.00% 8,729 60.40% 8,885 61.80% 8,991 63.50% 9,315 66.40%
Bernie Sanders suspended 4,054 27.80% 4,055 27.80% 4,057 27.80% 4,061 27.90% 4,066 28.00% 4,086 28.20% 4,141 28.70% 4,174 29.00% 4,322 30.50% 4,716 33.60%
Elizabeth Warren suspended 738 5.06% 738 5.06% 740 5.08% 746 5.12% 747 5.15% 769 5.31% 813 5.63% 832 5.79% 853 6.02% Eliminated
Tulsi Gabbard suspended 446 3.06% 446 3.06% 446 3.06% 447 3.07% 449 3.10% 456 3.15% 475 3.29% 485 3.37% Eliminated
Michael Bloomberg suspended 262 1.80% 262 1.80% 266 1.82% 267 1.83% 270 1.86% 278 1.92% 286 1.98% Eliminated
Andrew Yang suspended 186 1.28% 187 1.28% 191 1.31% 192 1.32% 193 1.33% 206 1.42% Eliminated
Pete Buttigieg suspended 153 1.05% 153 1.05% 153 1.05% 159 1.09% 159 1.10% Eliminated
Uncommitted 106 0.73% 106 0.73% 106 0.73% 106 0.73% Eliminated
Amy Klobuchar suspended 34 0.23% 34 0.23% 34 0.23% Eliminated
Tom Steyer suspended 15 0.10% 15 0.10% Eliminated
Deval Patrick suspended 4 0.03% Eliminated
Total 14,583 100% 14,582 100% 14,581 100% 14,579 100% 14,496 100% 14,481 100% 14,444 100% 14,376 100% 14,166 100% 14,031 100%
Vote count by round for District HI-2[16]
Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Joe Biden 11,008 54.00% 11,010 54.00% 11,015 54.00% 11,028 54.10% 11,058 54.30% 11,137 54.80% 11,150 55.30% 11,247 55.90% 11,459 58.20% 11,900 61.00%
Bernie Sanders suspended 6,723 33.00% 6,724 33.00% 6,729 33.00% 6,730 33.00% 6,773 33.20% 6,798 33.40% 6,808 33.70% 6,837 34.00% 7,138 36.20% 7,621 39.00%
Elizabeth Warren suspended 951 4.66% 952 4.67% 955 4.68% 974 4.78% 997 4.89% 1,024 5.03% 1,028 5.09% 1,040 5.17% 1,098 5.58% Eliminated
Tulsi Gabbard suspended 931 4.57% 931 4.57% 931 4.57% 937 4.60% 962 4.72% 971 4.77% 973 4.82% 990 4.92% Eliminated
Michael Bloomberg suspended 198 0.97% 198 0.97% 201 0.99% 203 1.00% 205 1.01% 217 1.07% 219 1.09% Eliminated
Uncommitted 185 0.91% 185 0.91% 186 0.91% 186 0.91% 191 0.94% 192 0.94% Eliminated
Pete Buttigieg suspended 158 0.77% 159 0.78% 159 0.78% 170 0.83% 186 0.91% Eliminated
Andrew Yang suspended 154 0.76% 155 0.76% 155 0.76% 159 0.78% Eliminated
Amy Klobuchar suspended 59 0.29% 60 0.29% 61 0.30% Eliminated
Tom Steyer suspended 19 0.09% 19 0.09% Eliminated
Deval Patrick suspended 7 0.03% Eliminated
Total 20,393 100% 20,393 100% 20,392 100% 20,387 100% 20,372 100% 20,339 100% 20,178 100% 20,114 100% 19,695 100% 19,521 100%

Green primary
Green Party of Hawaii presidential primary, May 23, 2020[17]
Candidate Percentage National delegates
Dario Hunter 41.6% 2
Howie Hawkins 33.3% 2
Kent Mesplay 8.3% 0
Dennis Lambert 8.3% 0
Chad Wilson 8.3% 0
Susan Buchser-Lochocki 0% 0
Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry 0% 0
David Rolde 0% 0
No Preference 0% 0
Total 100.00% 4

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[18] Safe D November 3, 2020
Inside Elections[19] Safe D November 3, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[20] Safe D November 3, 2020
Politico[21] Safe D November 3, 2020
RCP[22] Safe D November 3, 2020
Niskanen[23] Safe D November 3, 2020
CNN[24] Safe D November 3, 2020
The Economist[25] Safe D November 3, 2020
CBS News[26] Likely D November 3, 2020
270towin[27] Safe D November 3, 2020
ABC News[28] Safe D November 3, 2020
NPR[29] Likely D November 3, 2020
NBC News[30] Safe D November 3, 2020
538[31] Safe D November 3, 2020

Graphical summary

Aggregate polls
Source of poll
aggregation		 Dates
administered		 Dates
updated		 Joe
Biden
Democratic		 Donald
Trump
Republican		 Other/
Undecided
[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
FiveThirtyEight until October 31, 2020 November 2, 2020 64.1% 30.6% 5.3% Biden +33.5

Polls
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]		 Margin
of error		 Donald
Trump
Republican		 Joe
Biden
Democratic		 Jo
Jorgensen
Libertarian		 Howie
Hawkins
Green		 Other Undecided
SurveyMonkey/Axios Oct 20 – Nov 2, 2020 688 (LV) ± 5% 31%[lower-alpha 3] 67% - - – –
SurveyMonkey/Axios Oct 1–28, 2020 1,263 (LV) – 34% 63% - - – –
Mason-Dixon Oct 12–14, 2020 625 (LV) ± 4% 29% 58% - - 5% 8%
MRG Research/Civil Beat/HNN Oct 2–7, 2020 988 (RV) ± 3.1% 28% 61% - - 4%[lower-alpha 4] 7%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Sep 1–30, 2020 474 (LV) – 33% 66% - - – 1%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Aug 1–31, 2020 362 (LV) – 37% 61% - - – 2%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Jul 1–31, 2020 356 (LV) – 37% 62% - - – 2%
MRG Research Jul 27–30, 2020 975 (RV) ± 3.1% 29% 56% - - 6%[lower-alpha 5] 10%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Jun 8–30, 2020 207 (LV) – 30% 67% - - – 3%

Results
2020 United States presidential election in Hawaii[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joe Biden
Kamala Harris 		366,130 63.73 +0.85
Republican Donald Trump
Mike Pence		 196,864 34.27 +3.91
Libertarian Jo Jorgensen
Spike Cohen		 5,539 0.96 -2.80
Green Howie Hawkins
Angela Walker		 3,822 0.67 -2.33
American Shopping Brock Pierce
Karla Ballard		 1,183 0.21 N/A
Constitution Don Blankenship
William Mohr		 931 0.16 -0.89
Total votes 574,469 100.0

By county
County Joseph R. Biden

Democratic

 Donald J. Trump

Republican

 Jo Jorgensen

Libertarian

 Howie Hawkins

Green

 Brock Pierce

American Shopping

 Don Blankenship

Constitution

 Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Kalawao 23 95.83% 1 4.17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 91.66% 24
Hawaii 58,731 66.88% 26,897 30.63% 1,027 1.17% 805 0.92% 220 0.25% 134 0.15% 31,834 36.25% 87,814
Honolulu 238,869 62.51% 136,259 35.66% 3,437 0.90% 2,178 0.57% 741 0.19% 630 0.16% 102,610 26.85% 382,114
Kauai 21,225 63.36% 11,582 34.58% 303 0.90% 254 0.76% 77 0.23% 56 0.17% 9,643 28.78% 33,497
Maui 47,305 66.59% 22,126 31.14% 772 1.09% 585 0.82% 145 0.20% 111 0.16% 25,179 35.45% 71,044
Totals 366,130 63.73% 196,864 34.27% 5,539 0.96% 3,822 0.67% 1,183 0.21% 931 0.16% 169,266 29.46% 574,469

By congressional district

[32]

District Trump Biden Representative
1st 36% 64% Ed Case
2nd 34% 64% Tulsi Gabbard
Kai Kahele

Electors

The Democratic Party of Hawaii selected the following individuals to cast Electoral College votes for Biden:[33]

  • John Bickel, a government and history teacher from Oahu
  • Mike Golojuch, Sr. - an Air Force veteran and longtime Democratic activist from Oahu
  • Hermina “Mina” Morita - a retired state lawmaker from Kaua'i
  • Kainoa Kaumeheiwa-Rego - a community advocate for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs from Oahu

See also

Notes
  1. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  2. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. Overlapping sample with the previous SurveyMonkey/Axios poll, but more information available regarding sample size
  4. "Neither" with 4%
  5. "Neither" with 6%

References
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  29. "2020 Electoral Map Ratings: Trump Slides, Biden Advantage Expands Over 270 Votes". NPR.org. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
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  32. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2012/11/19/1163009/-Daily-Kos-Elections-presidential-results-by-congressional-district-for-the-2012-2008-elections

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