Hawaii in 2004

[ElectionsGuy]

It is said that Hawaii has a "special thing" for Obama. Specifically Honolulu County votes much more democratic for Obama then any other county used to. In fact the more rural parts of the state are much more liberal. I think 2004 was just a regular year with an incumbent, and as TDAS04 said, Hawaii has an incumbent streak.

[ElectionsGuy]

Actually, whites are the most Democratic voting bloc in Hawaii (other than the fairly miniscule black and Latino communities, I assume)

I though the "Other" races or Native Hawaiians were in the 80's for Obama, while Asians were at 68% and White at 70%. Or did they swing in 2012? This is according to the 2008 exit poll:

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#HIP00p1

[ElectionsGuy]

Actually, whites are the most Democratic voting bloc in Hawaii (other than the fairly miniscule black and Latino communities, I assume)

I though the "Other" races or Native Hawaiians were in the 80's for Obama, while Asians were at 68% and White at 70%. Or did they swing in 2012? This is according to the 2008 exit poll:

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#HIP00p1

IIRC "other" did vote more R than whites in '04.  They're the most pro-incumbent group, I believe.

You're right, that's a huge swing for Native Hawaiians. Asians also swung pretty heavy, whites still swung good towards Obama but not as much. I should've looked at this exit poll first

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/HI/P/00/epolls.0.html