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The2020 United States presidential election in Hawaii was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus theDistrict of Columbia participated.[2]Hawaii voters chose electors to represent them in theElectoral College via a popular vote, pitting theRepublican Party's nominee, incumbent PresidentDonald Trump, and running mateVice PresidentMike Pence againstDemocratic Party nominee, former Vice PresidentJoe Biden, and his running mate California SenatorKamala Harris. Hawaii has four electoral votes in the Electoral College.[3]
Hawaii was the first state in the 2020 election cycle to exceed the voter turnout in2016, causing the state to attract attention as a representation of an overall trend in increased early voting during the general election.[4]
Prior to the election, Hawaii was considered to be a state Biden would win or asafe blue state. Biden won Hawaii with 63.7% of the vote, with a 29.5% margin over Trump, who earned 34.3%. Both major parties improved their vote shares from 2016, when third parties earned nearly 8% of the vote; Biden's percentage of the vote was slightly higher thanHillary Clinton's 62.9%, while Trump improved over his 30.3% share of the 2016 vote. However, Biden's margin of victory was smaller than Clinton's 32.5%. Hawaii was one of three states where Biden won every county, the other two beingMassachusetts andRhode Island. It was the eighth consecutive election that the Democratic nominee carried every county in the state.
Perexit polls by theAssociated Press, Biden had support in Hawaii across different ethnic groups, with 63% ofwhites and 66% ofAsians voting for him.[5]Japanese Americans make up a large percentage of the Hawaiian population, and they are among the most Democratic constituencies.[6] However, Trump gained ground withFilipino Americans in the state.[7] Hawaii was the only state in which the electorate wasmajority non-white in 2020, with whites comprising only 29% of the electorate.[5]
On December 11, 2019, theHawaii Republican Party became one of several stateGOP parties to officially cancel their respective primaries and caucuses.[8] Donald Trump's re-election campaign and GOP officials have cited the fact that Republicans canceled several state primaries whenGeorge H. W. Bush andGeorge W. Bush sought a second term in1992 and2004, respectively; and Democrats scrapped some of their primaries whenBill Clinton andBarack Obama were seeking re-election in1996 and2012, respectively.[9][10] Because this was the first of the cancelled Republican state races to directly bind its delegates to the national convention (as opposed to awalking subcaucus-type system), Trump automatically was awarded his first 19 pledged delegates of the nomination campaign.[8][11]
The Hawaii Democratic primary was originally scheduled for April 4, 2020. On March 20, due to concerns over theCOVID-19 pandemic, theHawaii Democratic Party canceled in-person voting in favor ofmail-in voting.[12] The deadline was then extended to May 22.[13]
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.
| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Biden | 21,215 | 60.54 | 16 |
| Bernie Sanders(withdrawn) | 12,337 | 35.20 | 8 |
| Void Votes | 68 | 0.19 | |
| Inactive votes[a] | 1,424 | 4.06 | |
| Total | 35,044 | 100% | 24 |
| 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 |
| Source | Ranking |
|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[17] | Solid D |
| Inside Elections[18] | Solid D |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[19] | Safe D |
| Politico[20] | Solid D |
| RCP[21] | Solid D |
| Niskanen[22] | Safe D |
| CNN[23] | Solid D |
| The Economist[24] | Safe D |
| CBS News[25] | Likely D |
| 270towin[26] | Safe D |
| ABC News[27] | Solid D |
| NPR[28] | Likely D |
| NBC News[29] | Solid D |
| 538[30] | Solid D |
| Source of poll aggregation | Dates administered | Dates updated | Joe Biden Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Other/ Undecided [b] | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 270 to Win[31] | October 1–16, 2020 | November 2, 2020 | 63.5% | 30.5% | 5.9% | Biden +33.0 |
| FiveThirtyEight[32] | until November 2, 2020 | November 3, 2020 | 64.3% | 30.0% | 5.7% | Biden +34.3 |
| Average | 63.8% | 30.6% | 5.6% | Biden +33.2 | ||
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[c] | Margin of error | Donald Trump Republican | Joe Biden Democratic | Jo Jorgensen Libertarian | Howie Hawkins Green | Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[33] | Oct 20 – Nov 2, 2020 | 688 (LV) | ± 5% | 31%[d] | 67% | - | - | – | – |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[33] | Oct 1–28, 2020 | 1,263 (LV) | – | 34% | 63% | - | - | – | – |
| Mason-Dixon[34] | Oct 12–14, 2020 | 625 (LV) | ± 4% | 29% | 58% | - | - | 5% | 8% |
| MRG Research/Civil Beat/HNN[35] | Oct 2–7, 2020 | 988 (RV) | ± 3.1% | 28% | 61% | - | - | 4%[e] | 7% |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[33] | Sep 1–30, 2020 | 474 (LV) | – | 33% | 66% | - | - | – | 1% |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[33] | Aug 1–31, 2020 | 362 (LV) | – | 37% | 61% | - | - | – | 2% |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[33] | Jul 1–31, 2020 | 356 (LV) | – | 37% | 62% | - | - | – | 2% |
| MRG Research[36] | Jul 27–30, 2020 | 975 (RV) | ± 3.1% | 29% | 56% | - | - | 6%[f] | 10% |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[33] | Jun 8–30, 2020 | 207 (LV) | – | 30% | 67% | - | - | – | 3% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Joe Biden Kamala Harris | 366,130 | 63.73 | +0.85 | |
| Republican | Donald Trump (incumbent) Mike Pence (incumbent) | 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 | |||
| County | Joe Biden Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Hawaii | 58,731 | 66.88% | 26,897 | 30.63% | 2,186 | 2.49% | 31,834 | 36.25% | 87,814 |
| Honolulu | 238,869 | 62.51% | 136,259 | 35.66% | 6,986 | 1.82% | 102,610 | 26.85% | 382,114 |
| Kalawao | 23 | 95.83% | 1 | 4.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 22 | 91.66% | 24 |
| Kauai | 21,225 | 63.36% | 11,582 | 34.58% | 690 | 1.83% | 9,643 | 28.78% | 33,497 |
| Maui | 47,282 | 66.58% | 22,125 | 31.15% | 1,613 | 2.27% | 25,157 | 35.45% | 71,020 |
| Totals | 366,130 | 63.73% | 196,864 | 34.27% | 11,475 | 2.00% | 169,266 | 29.46% | 574,469 |
Swing by county
Trend relative to the state by countyBiden won both congressional districts in the state.[37]
| District | Trump | Biden | Representative |
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| 1st | 34% | 64% | Ed Case |
| 2nd | 34% | 64% | Tulsi Gabbard |
| Kai Kahele |
TheDemocratic Party of Hawaii selected the following individuals to cast Electoral College votes for Biden:[38]
Hawaii was one of only six states[g] and theDistrict of Columbia where Trump's margin increased from 2016, and its 2.72% 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 onNiihau.[39] Trump won more votes in Hawaii than any Republican in history, but not a larger percentage, narrowly beating George W. Bush's performance in2004.[40] Despite this modest pro-Trump margin swing, Biden received more votes than Clinton, as was the case for the five other states and the District of Columbia that he won.[41]
Despite Biden's overwhelming victory in the state, 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 toVermont instead, withMassachusetts andMaryland also being ahead of Hawaii.
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