In our continuing series, “Neighbors: An Island Story”, HPR’s Wayne Yoshioka takes a look at Hawaii’s political evolution once dominated by ethnic bloc voting due to the waves of immigrant labor brought in to work in the sugar industry, to one in which ethnicity has diminished in importance.
Who are our neighbors in Hawaii? And who will they be in the future? We’ll look at how Hawaii’s shifting population is affecting everything from local politics to our economic base—and what we need to consider when we think about the future we all will share with our island neighbors
Neighbors: The Multi-Ethnic Politician
Hawaii State Legislature
