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t1_iya8u6l wrote

What happened on Hawaii? Was it very Democratic to begin with?

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t1_iya957d wrote

Yes it’s one of the highest. It would help if it had the actual %.

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t1_iya95t9 wrote

Yes Hawaii is one of the most democratic states. The biggest shifts right were all in liberal states with the exception of Florida.

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t1_iyajr31 wrote

Two things: Hawaii voted highly democrat for Obama (he was born there) in 2008 and that effect has been fading, and Republicans in general improved in areas with a lot of non-white voters (Hawaii is the state with the least white people)

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t1_iyb1ri2 wrote

It’s likely many people don’t feel the need to vote, so the results get skewed. Hawaii is perhaps the most blue-leaning state and Democrats I believe hold a supermajority at the state level.

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t1_iyc50cm wrote

It's a 4% increase in gop votes and a like 0.75% increase in dem votes - bc of weaker 3rd party candidates. Hawaii only sees like 500k voters a cycle so small changes can make a big difference. Biden gained 100k votes (266k->366k) in the state while trump gained about about 68k (128k->196k)- but due to the breakdown and fewer 3rd parties that translates to the above changes.

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t1_iyb7fiv wrote

A lot of minorities and rich white liberals. So...yes.

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