I've read before that whites in Hawaii come disproportionately from Southern backgrounds, presumably because of its large military population. I'd imagine they constitute part of the Republican vote in the state.
Asians maybe, but native Hawaiians are generally quite Dem exceptions like Niihau notwithstanding. Note that Honolulu County is usually the best county for Republicans. IIRC, Chinese in Hawaii were more Republican while the Japanese were generally Democrats.
IIRC the strongest R swings from 2016 to 2020 were in more heavily Filipino areas. They seem to be in between Japanese and Chinese Hawaiians in terms of voting patterns, but are probably(?) closer to Japanese? Judging from 2020 polls, Chinese are Tilt/Lean R while Japanese are very D.
I wouldn’t be surprised if more of Hawai’i “conservatism” is found among Ds than Rs.
edit: maybe this?
I wonder if we’ll have any other states legalizing this year. Rhode Island, Delaware, and Hawaii all have a democratic trifecta, and so might be more likely than either with a Republican governor or legislature.
Rhode Island would be the likliest. The Governor of Delaware is anti-legalization and has implied that he'd veto it, while Hawaii won't do it for some reason.
Delaware will certainly legalize in the next 2-4 years though
Yeah, Hawaii has the same problem (anti-legalisation Governor). I’m pretty sure one of the majority leaders was quoted saying that they’d basically wait until the Governor leaves office in ‘23, and then lobby his successor.
