For the first half of the twentieth century, the Republican Party ruled comfortably, dominating local politics until the end of World War II.
[3] This culminated in the Hawaii Democratic Revolution of 1954, after which Republican political influence in the islands was greatly diminished.
Hawaii has supported Democrats in every presidential election in which it has participated, except 1972 and 1984, when incumbent Republican candidates won 49-state landslides.
Obama again won Hawaii by a large margin in 2012, suffering only a small swing against him, winning 71% to 28% for Republican Mitt Romney.
[9] According to Dr. David Keanu Sai of the University of Hawaiʻi, it had no historical significance before the 1990s,[8] after which it was reported (and widely believed) to be an "original" flag of the Kingdom of Hawaii destroyed by the British.
[8] 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.