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Hawaii presidential election results 2020

Joseph R. Biden carried Hawaii by 29.46 points (169,266 votes), winning 4 electoral votes.

Electoral votes
4
Votes counted
574,469
HI result
D+29.5
Compared with the nation
25.0 pts more Democratic
Swing since 2016
2.7 pts to R

Statewide result

CandidatePartyVotesShareBarElectoral votes
Joseph R. BidenDemocratic366,13063.73%4
Donald J. TrumpRepublican196,86434.27%—
OthersOthers11,4752.00%—
Total votes574,469

Sources: hi-2020.pdf · 2020

Certified state documentCertified

Hawaii Office of Elections, General Election 2020 - State of Hawaii - Statewide Summary Report, Final (printed 11/19/2020); page 1 first column, President and Vice President
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Every ticket on the ballot, as printed in the certified document (the statewide table above groups minor candidates as “Others” when the source does).

All 6 tickets as printed in the document
Ticket (as printed)CodeVotesShare
(D) BIDEN / HARRIS—366,13063.73%
(R) TRUMP / PENCE—196,86434.27%
(L) JORGENSEN / COHEN—5,5390.96%
(G) HAWKINS / WALKER—3,8220.67%
(AS) PIERCE / BALLARD—1,1830.21%
(C) BLANKENSHIP / MOHRMOHR9310.16%
Blank ballots4,927
Over-votes388
Notes on how this document was read
  • Only the first column of the three-column summary page is read (x < 215 pt).
  • Blankenship / Mohr's figures are printed on the line above the name; lines closer than 5 pt are joined.

Method: text layer: words grouped by baseline (pdfplumber), numeric tokens taken as the row's values under the spec's column labels; each row's digits matched against PyMuPDF's words (second extraction)

County resultsMedia count

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County results compiled by Tony McGovern from news-media election-night tallies (Fox News, Politico, The New York Times); not a certified state document
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Maui County: Joseph R. Biden +35.4Hawaii County: Joseph R. Biden +36.3Kauai County: Joseph R. Biden +28.8Kalawao (no county figures)Honolulu County: Joseph R. Biden +26.9
Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.
County Joseph R. BidenDonald J. TrumpOthers TotalMargin
Hawaii County 58,73126,8972,186 87,814 36.3
Honolulu County 238,869136,2596,986 382,114 26.9
Kauai County 21,22511,582690 33,497 28.8
Maui County 47,30522,1261,613 71,044 35.4

Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.

Notes on how this document was read
  • Secondary source: County results compiled by Tony McGovern from news-media election-night tallies (Fox News, Politico, The New York Times); not a certified state document.

Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).

Certificate of Ascertainment

The governor’s certificate naming Hawaii’s electors was signed on the twenty-third day of November. Open the certificate (PDF, 1 page)

Questions and answers

Who won Hawaii in 2020?

Joseph R. Biden won Hawaii by 29.46 percentage points (169,266 votes).

How many electoral votes did Hawaii have in 2020?

Hawaii cast 4 electoral votes in 2020.

How many people voted for president in Hawaii in 2020?

574,469 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in Hawaii in 2020?

Joseph R. Biden 4 (out of 4 counties with results).

How did Hawaii change from 2016 to 2020?

The margin moved 2.7 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 32.2 points to Democratic by 29.5 points.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data