Akaka's support was wide, analysis shows
2006-09-27
Source: Honolulu Advertiser
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rss feedU.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka's victory Saturday was built on his popularity across the Islands, with U.S. Rep. Ed Case only taking pockets of the state that mostly trend toward independents and Republicans.
An Advertiser analysis of the primary election vote in the 51 state House districts found wide geographic support for Akaka, who won a majority in all four counties. Although the vote was closer in urban Honolulu and in some of the fast-growing neighborhoods in Central and Leeward O'ahu, South Maui and the southeast corner of the Big Island, Case won outright in only 10 House districts.
Case took Kailua and North Kona on the Big Island, the only two districts he won on the Neighbor Islands. On O'ahu, Case won in Hawai'i Kai, Kahala, Kaimuki, Waikiki, Manoa, Makiki, Maunawili and Kailua. The rest of the state stayed with Akaka.
Case was able to get independents and Republicans to vote in the Democratic primary — only 12 percent of voters pulled Republican ballots on Saturday — but they were not enough to offset Akaka's stronger support among traditional and progressive Democrats.
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