Browsing through election info…
There are 14 candidates vying to be elected trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs this year.
But only three report taking any campaign contributions since the beginning of 2015, according to data published by the Campaign Spending Commission. Click on the table below for a closer look.
For the most part, then, it appears that OHA elections are primarily local affairs, with few contributions of more than $100, which triggers disclosure. In the absence of significant campaign funds, name recognition, free social media, and support among the Hawaiian community are left as the primary way of soliciting votes. More traditional modern campaigning appears to be minimal, and confined to a few candidates, at least if access to campaign funds is used as a measure.
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“Traditional modern” campaigning? Sounds like an oxymoron. Do you mean conventional modern?
Also, it seems strange to think of “name recognition” as not being a traditional concept when it comes to political campaigning. Check out newspaper back issues going back fifty years or even a hundred years, and see plenty of examples of news stories which talk about certain candidates having an advantage over the others because of name recognition.