Hawaii

HAWAII

4 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, State of Hawaii Office of Elections)

Total Population, July 1, 2003 est.

1,257,608

Hawaii has: 4 counties, 334 precincts.

Government
Governor: Linda Lingle (R) elected 2002.
State Legislature: Hawaii State Legislature House: 51 seats Senate: 25 seats
Local: County of Hawaii, City and County of Honolulu, County of Kauai, County of Maui
U.S. House: 2D - 1. N.Abercrombie (D) | 2. Ed Case (D)
U.S. Senate: Daniel Akaka (D) re-elected in 2000, Daniel Inouye (D) re-elected in 2004.

Sen. Inouye was re-elected with over 70 percent of the vote and Reps. Abercrombie and Case each received just over 60 percent of the vote. Republicans suffered a setback in the State Legislature, losing six House seats.

The Aloha State

State of Hawaii
Office of Elections

Democratic Party of HI
HI Green Party
HI Republican Party
Libertarian Party of HI
Natural Law Party of HI

Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Media (Newsp.)
Media (TV)

Politics1-HI

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Last day to register for General Election: October 4, 2004.

+Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)	231,708	(54.01)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	194,191	(45.26)
Cobb/LaMarche (Grn.)	1,737	(0.40)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)	1,377	(0.32)
Total........429,013

Blank votes: 2,447
Over votes: 202

2004 Overview
Kerry-Edwards won by a sharply reduced plurality of 37,517 votes (8.75 percentage points).

General Election Details
Kerry/Allies | Bush-Cheney '04

Past Results

1996

Clinton (Dem.).......205,012	(56.93)
Dole (Rep.)...........113,943	(31.64)
Perot (Ref.).............27,358	(7.60)
Nader (Grn.)...........10,386	(2.88)
Others (3)................3,421	(0.95)
Total........360,120

1992

Clinton (Dem.).......179,310
(48.09)

Bush (Rep.)...........136,822
(36.70)

Perot (NonP.) .........53,003
(14.22)

Others (4).................3,707
(0.99)

Total........372,842

2000

+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)	205,286	(55.79)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	137,845	(37.46)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)	21,623	(5.88)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)	1,477	(0.40)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)	1,071	(0.29)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)	343	(0.09)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)	306	(0.08)
Total........367,951

Total votes including 2,566 blank votes and 596 over votes is 371,113.

2000 Overview
No surprises as the Gore-Lieberman ticket won with a plurality of 67,441 votes (18.33 percentage points).

Caucuses

Democrats

Caucuses - Feb. 24, 2004
Unofficial count (% of total vote cast statewide)

Kerry	47.147%
Kucinich	31.415%
Edwards	12.423%
Dean	7.286%

29 Delegates (20 Pledged, 9 Unpledged) and 4 Alternates

Hawai‘i State Democratic Convention - May 28-30, 2004

Republicans

State Convention - June 4-6, 2004

20 Delegates (6 CD and 14 AL)

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