How Hawaii has voted since 1960

Hawaii has 4 electoral votes in 2028. Since 1960 it has voted Democratic 15 times and Republican twice. It has backed the national winner in 10 of 17 elections. Kamala Harris carried it in 2024 by 23.1 points, 24.6 points more Democratic than the nation. In 2024, 50.3% of its eligible voters cast a ballot, the lowest in the country (nationally, 64.3%). It has voted Democratic in every election since 1988. Its closest result was in 1960, when John F. Kennedy won it by 0.1 points.

  1. 1960Kennedy+0.1
  2. 1964Johnson+57.5
  3. 1968Humphrey+21.1
  4. 1972Nixon+25.0
  5. 1976Carter+2.5
  6. 1980Carter+1.9
  7. 1984Reagan+11.3
  8. 1988Dukakis+9.5
  9. 1992Clinton+11.4
  10. 1996Clinton+25.3
  11. 2000Gore+18.3
  12. 2004Kerry+8.8
  13. 2008Obama+45.3
  14. 2012Obama+42.7
  15. 2016Clinton+32.2
  16. 2020Biden+29.5
  17. 2024Harris+23.1

Each box is one election: the winner in Hawaii and the margin in points. Darker boxes were won by 10 points or more, lighter by under 5.

Election night

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Polls close at midnight ET (7 p.m. Hawaii).

Also closing at midnight ET: AK.

Times from the 2024 general election; states rarely change them, and they will be confirmed for 2028.

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In Congress

Senate

House: 2 Democrats

All 2 members
  1. 1 Ed Case (D)
  2. 2 Jill N. Tokuda (D)

From Congress.gov, as of Sept. 28, 2026. Vacant seats are not listed.

Margin by election

Hawaii margin by electionBars show the Democratic or Republican margin in Hawaii in each election since 1960; the line shows the national popular-vote margin. The table below has every figure.R+60R+40R+20EvenD+20D+40D+601960: D+0.1 (nation D+0.2)'601964: D+57.5 (nation D+22.6)'641968: D+21.1 (nation R+0.7)'681972: R+25.0 (nation R+23.2)'721976: D+2.5 (nation D+2.1)'761980: D+1.9 (nation R+9.7)'801984: R+11.3 (nation R+18.2)'841988: D+9.5 (nation R+7.7)'881992: D+11.4 (nation D+5.6)'921996: D+25.3 (nation D+8.5)'962000: D+18.3 (nation D+0.5)'002004: D+8.8 (nation R+2.5)'042008: D+45.3 (nation D+7.3)'082012: D+42.7 (nation D+3.9)'122016: D+32.2 (nation D+2.1)'162020: D+29.5 (nation D+4.5)'202024: D+23.1 (nation R+1.5)'24

Hawaii margin National popular vote

By county

Kamala Harris won 4 of Hawaii's 5 counties in 2024; Donald Trump won 0.

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Largest counties, 2024

CountyVotesMarginShift from 2020
Honolulu County340,921D+21.7→R 5.2
Hawaii County82,823D+28.3→R 8.0
Maui County62,893D+25.9→R 9.5
Kauai County30,064D+19.5→R 9.3

Biggest shifts from 2020 to 2024: toward the Republican, Maui County (9.5), Kauai County (9.3), Hawaii County (8.0); toward the Democrat, Honolulu County (5.2), Hawaii County (8.0), Kauai County (9.3) — in points of margin.

County returns from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (official state data), 2000–2024. Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, of all votes cast.

Results by year

YearWinnerDemocratRepublicanOtherMarginNationTurnoutEV
2024 Kamala HarrisHarris lostHarris 60.6%313,044Trump 37.5%193,6611.9%D+23.1R+1.550.3%4
2020 Joe BidenBidenBiden 63.7%366,130Trump 34.3%196,8642.0%D+29.5D+4.555.4%4
2016 Hillary ClintonClinton lostClinton 62.2%266,891Trump 30.0%128,8477.7%D+32.2D+2.143.2%4*
2012 Barack ObamaObamaObama 70.6%306,658Romney 27.8%121,0151.6%D+42.7D+3.944.4%4
2008 Barack ObamaObamaObama 71.9%325,871McCain 26.6%120,5661.6%D+45.3D+7.349.1%4
2004 John KerryKerry lostKerry 54.0%231,708Bush 45.3%194,1910.7%D+8.8R+2.548.0%4
2000 Al GoreGore lostGore 55.8%205,286Bush 37.5%137,845Nader 5.9%D+18.3D+0.544.0%4
1996 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 56.9%205,012Dole 31.6%113,943Perot 7.6%D+25.3D+8.545.1%4
1992 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 48.1%179,310Bush 36.7%136,822Perot 14.2%D+11.4D+5.648.2%4
1988 Michael DukakisDukakis lostDukakis 54.3%192,364Bush 44.8%158,6251.0%D+9.5R+7.749.8%4
1984 Ronald ReaganReaganMondale 43.8%147,154Reagan 55.1%185,0501.1%R+11.3R+18.250.3%4
1980 Jimmy CarterCarter lostCarter 44.8%135,879Reagan 42.9%130,112Anderson 10.6%D+1.9R+9.749.2%4
1976 Jimmy CarterCarterCarter 50.6%147,375Ford 48.1%140,0031.4%D+2.5D+2.1—4
1972 Richard NixonNixonMcGovern 37.5%Nixon 62.5%0.0%R+25.0R+23.2—4
1968 Hubert HumphreyHumphrey lostHumphrey 59.8%Nixon 38.7%1.5%D+21.1R+0.7—4
1964 Lyndon B. JohnsonJohnsonJohnson 78.8%Goldwater 21.2%0.0%D+57.5D+22.6—4
1960 John F. KennedyKennedyKennedy 50.0%Nixon 50.0%0.0%D+0.1D+0.2—3

Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, in percentage points; Nation is the same for the national popular vote. "Other" is everyone else combined, or the leading third-party candidate where one took 5% or more. Vote counts from 1976. Turnout is ballots cast as a share of eligible voters, from 1980 (UF Election Lab; the newest year is preliminary).

  • 2016: One Democratic elector voted for Bernie Sanders.

Electoral votes

Electoral votes change after each census, when House seats are reapportioned.

  • 319601950 census
  • 41964–19681960 census
  • 41972–19801970 census
  • 41984–19881980 census
  • 41992–20001990 census
  • 42004–20082000 census
  • 42012–20202010 census
  • 42024–20282020 census
  • 42032–2040projected

Projected: Hawaii's share of House seats after the 2030 census if each state's population keeps changing at its pace since 2020, from the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey population estimates (July 1, 2024). If the count were taken today it would have 4. An estimate, not a forecast.