What is the problem, friend. Are the common people in your state as poor as West Virginia rersidents, or is it envy against the rich turistas that the common people have to serve, that from a feeling of being left behind, they turn Democratic. Please explain.
I think the problem is that Dems organize and communicate very well with one another , they don’t ‘in-fight’ like the Republicans do . Their elected ones DO have coat-tails and candidates avail themselves of them . Repubs do not offer any coat-tails , it’s sink or swim , on your own . And by the way , find your own funding too ! Dems have their own hero core out here : Dan Inouye foremost . So many older Japanese , Filipino and Hawaiian totally idolize him . If he says vote for so&so , they vote for so&so . The Unions are subtle , deep and powerful , as is org.crime . If they support a Dem . their rank & file fall in line. The Unions serve amazing bento feeds , they literally buy votes with lots of chow . Islanders love to eat (free!)
Hawaii Dems are Dems before and over the fact that they are Hawaiian , Filipino or any other ethnic , before they are Christians , before they are Jewish , before they are businesspersons . D comes first , period . They suffer from a collective historical myopia . Terrible past histories in their candidates records matter not at all . All that matters is that they are the current D on the ballot .