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((Short description|Politics of a U.S. state))
((Hatnote|This article is about the history of the politics of the [[State of Hawaii]]. For information on the political history of its two previous forms of government, see ((section link|Territory of Hawaii|Organic Act)) and ((section link|Kingdom of Hawaii|Government)).))
((More citations needed|date=February 2018))
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((Politics of Hawaii))

The '''politics of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Hawaii]]''' typically take place within the framework of a [[Hawaii Democratic Party|Democrat]]-dominated [[Government of Hawaii|government]]. The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] in Hawaii was formed in 1900, by supporters of [[Liliʻuokalani|Queen Liliʻuokalani]]. For the first half of the twentieth century, the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] ruled comfortably, dominating local politics until the end of [[World War II]].<ref>((Cite news|url=https://hawaiidemocrats.org/about-2/history/|title=History|date=2015-10-27|work=Democratic Party of Hawai‘i|access-date=2017-10-02|language=en-US))</ref> After the war, Honolulu police officer [[John A. Burns]] began organizing plantation laborers, including many Japanese Americans and Filipino Americans and built a coalition that gradually strengthened the Democratic Party in Hawaii.<ref>((cite web|last=Nakamura |first=Kelli Y. |url=http://encyclopedia.densho.org/John%20Burns/ |title=John Burns |access-date=16 October 2014))</ref> This culminated in the [[Hawaii Democratic Revolution of 1954]], after which Republican political influence in the islands was greatly diminished.

As a result, Hawaii's congressional politics are typically dominated by Democrats since statehood in 1959. The state has elected just one Republican U.S. senator, [[Hiram Fong]], who served from 1959 to 1977, and two GOP House members.<ref>((Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2004/aug/20/local/me-fong20|title=Hiram Fong, 97; Senator From Hawaii for 18 Years|last=Bernstein|first=Adam|date=2004-08-20|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-10-02|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035))</ref> The rest have been Democrats. Only two Republicans have been elected governor, and [[Linda Lingle]] was the only one to be re-elected, in 2006. 

Hawaii has supported Democrats in every presidential election in which it has participated, except [[1972 United States presidential election|1972]] and [[1984 United States presidential election|1984]], when incumbent Republican candidates won 49-state landslides. In [[United States presidential election in Hawaii, 2004|2004]], [[John Kerry]] won the state's 4 electoral votes by a margin of 9 percentage points with 54% of the vote. Every county in the state supported the Democratic candidate. In [[United States presidential election in Hawaii, 2008|2008]], [[Barack Obama]] won by an overwhelming 45-point lead: 72% for the Democrat and 27% for Republican [[John McCain]]. Hawaii is the only actual state that gave either candidate more than 70% of the vote. Obama again won Hawaii by a large margin in [[United States presidential election in Hawaii, 2012|2012]], suffering only a small swing against him, winning 71% to 28% for Republican [[Mitt Romney]]. Hawaii once again gave a higher vote share to Obama than any of the 49 other states, though on this occasion, Obama's vote was not quite as high as his challenger's best state ([[Utah]], where Mitt Romney polled 73%).

==State government==
((main article|Hawaii State Legislature))
The Hawaii state government is composed of a [[Bicameralism|bicameral system]], with the [[Hawaii Senate|Hawaii senate]] and the [[Hawaii House of Representatives]] making up the upper and lower houses.<ref>((Cite web |last= |first= |title=Hawaii State Legislature – System |url=https://system.uslegal.com/state-legislatures/hawaii-state-legislature/ |access-date=2017-10-02 |website=system.uslegal.com |language=en-US))</ref><gallery class="center">
<!-- Do NOT use place holder images, per WP:IPH -->|[[Shan Tsutsui]]<br /> [[Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii|Lt. Governor of Hawaii]]<br /> (Democrat)
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==Federal representation==
Hawaii is currently represented in the Senate by Democrats [[Mazie Hirono]] and [[Brian Schatz]]. In the House, Democrats [[Ed Case]] ([[Hawaii's 1st congressional district|HI-1]]) and [[Jill Tokuda]] ([[Hawaii's 2nd congressional district|HI-2]]) represent the state.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/HI|title=Hawaii Senators, Representatives, and Congressional District Maps - GovTrack.us|website=GovTrack.us|language=en|access-date=2017-10-02))</ref>

<gallery class="center">
File:Brian Schatz, official portrait, 113th Congress 2.jpg|[[Brian Schatz]]<br />U.S. Senior Senator<br />(Democrat)
File:Mazie Hirono, official portrait, 113th Congress.jpg|[[Mazie Hirono]]<br />U.S. Junior Senator<br />(Democrat)
File:Ed Case, official portrait, 117th Congress.jpg |[[Ed Case]]<br />U.S. Representative [[Hawaii's 1st congressional district|HI-01]]<br />(Democrat)
File:Rep. Jill Tokuda official photo, 118th Congress (1).jpg|[[Jill Tokuda]]<br />U.S. Representative [[Hawaii's 2nd congressional district|HI-02]]<br />(Democrat)
</gallery>

Hawaii is part of the [[United States District Court for the District of Hawaii]] in the federal judiciary. The district's cases are appealed to the San Francisco-based [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]].

==County government==
Each of Hawaii's four counties is governed by a mayor as follows:

City and County of Honolulu - [[Rick Blangiardi]]<br />
County of Hawaii - [[Mitch Roth]]<br />
County of Maui - [[Richard Bissen]]<br />
County of Kauai - [[Derek Kawakami]]

==Hawaiian nationalism==
[[Hawaiian sovereignty movement|Hawaiian nationalism]] is focused on producing a national identity.  Most Hawaiian nationalists have argued that the Hawaiian race and their descendants should govern the islands as a [[constitutional monarchy]].<ref>((Cite web|url=http://news.stanford.edu/pr/98/980401hawaii.html|title=Hawaiian nationalist discusses rights Constitution doesn't recognize (4/98)|website=news.stanford.edu|access-date=2017-10-02))</ref>  It is also important to note that Hawaiian nationalism is not limited to Native Hawaiians but have included other groups including [[Haole|whites]] and [[Asians in Hawaii|Asians]] such as [[Walter M. Gibson]].

The popular green, red and yellow flag, the ''Kanaka Maoli'' flag was designed around the 1990s,<ref name="KITV"/> probably by Gene Simeona.<ref name="Advertiser"/> According to Dr. David Keanu Sai of the [[University of Hawaiʻi]], it had no historical significance before the 1990s,<ref name="KITV">((cite news |last1=Horgan |first1=TJ |title=What is the real meaning of this flag? |url=https://www.kitv.com/story/41300490/what-is-the-real-meaning-of-this-flag |access-date=4 March 2021 |work=KITV |date=November 10, 2019))</ref> after which it was reported (and widely believed) to be an "original" flag of the Kingdom of Hawaii destroyed by the British.<ref name="Advertiser">((Cite web|url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/2001/Feb/12/212localnews29.html|title=The Honolulu Advertiser ((!)) Local News|website=the.honoluluadvertiser.com|access-date=2019-10-01))</ref> Dr. Sai stated that it was in fact a modern design, part of a "reawakening" of awareness of the Kingdom's history; he added that the present-day Hawaiian [[Flag of Hawaii|state flag]] was also the Kingdom's flag (in the 19th century), designed by King [[Kamehameha I]].<ref name="KITV"/>

<gallery>
File:Flag of Hawaii Hawaiian sovereignty.svg|''[[Flag of Hawaii|Ka Hae Hawaiʻi]]'' flown upside down, symbolizing distress, used by [[Hawaiian sovereignty movement|Hawaiian separatists]]
File:Kanaka Maoli flag.svg|''Kanaka Maoli'' flag, popular in the Hawaiian sovereignty movement since the 1990s
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Most citizens of Hawaii do not share the same sentiments of the sovereignty movement with public opinion seemly be in favor of remaining part of the United States. As of 2014 a poll by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser found that only 6% of respondents supported the creation of a Native Hawaiian nation with 63% being against it.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.grassrootinstitute.org/2014/06/star-advertiser-poll-indicates-a-lack-of-enthusiasm-for-a-native-hawaiian-nation/|title=Star-Advertiser Poll Indicates a Lack of Enthusiasm for a Native Hawaiian Nation ((!)) Grassroot Institute of Hawaii|last=Hill|first=Malia|date=2014-06-03|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-24))</ref>

==See also==
*[[Political party strength in Hawaii]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.hawaiidemocrats.org/ Democratic Party of Hawai((okina))i]

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