Hawaii is one of the bluest of blue states: 62.5 percent of its votes for president Tuesday went to Democrat Hillary Clinton over Republican Donald Trump, higher than the Dem vote in other states that fell on the losing side of the election.

It will be interesting to compare protests in Honolulu with those that have rocked mainland cities. Not to put too much faith in that aloha thing, but let’s hope the largely laid-back form of island discourse keeps things more peaceful here.