[NOTE: thanks to new spreadsheets provided by Maui political analyst Dick Mayer, we've updated this post to map three important Maui County Council races, rather than just the South Maui race from our earlier post.] There's a very interesting article in this morning's Maui News on the local fallout of the 2016 election. Maui's politics are changing–been … [Read more...] about UPDATED: We mapped three crucial 2016 Maui County Council elections
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Here’s Drew Toonz’ plan for dealing with the 2016 Election
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UPDATED: Trump Wins, America Loses: How the 2016 Election looks from Maui
Though more people ended up voting for Democrat Hillary Clinton, it is Republican Donald Trump who will be the next President of the United States. For those of us who believe in civil rights, the dangers of climate change and simple human decency, the night of Nov. 8 was one of the toughest of our lives. According to numbers compiled by The New York Times, Trump’s victory … [Read more...] about UPDATED: Trump Wins, America Loses: How the 2016 Election looks from Maui
Journalist Kate Bradshaw breaks down the true meaning of a vote for Jill Stein
For the last few weeks I've been thinking about how best to approach the very thorny subject of Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein voters in Hawaii. Though there's no real polling done out here to gauge her support in this, one of the most liberal states in the union, this Reason blog post from September put her numbers at around seven percent here. Anyway, I … [Read more...] about Journalist Kate Bradshaw breaks down the true meaning of a vote for Jill Stein
MauiTime’s 2016 General Election Endorsements
Ideally, an election is more than simply filling in the square next to a party affiliation. It should be about more than simply articulating a person’s privileges or bigotries. It should achieve more than quantifying the effects of propaganda and misinformation. Democracy requires real, meaningful elections, and that means voters need to have information. Not memes, GIFs or … [Read more...] about MauiTime’s 2016 General Election Endorsements