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Civil beat june 2013 toplines
This document summarizes the results of a June 2013 poll of 869 registered voters in Hawaii conducted by Merriman River Group. It includes data on voter preferences and opinions regarding various political candidates and issues in Hawaii, such as the US Senate Democratic primary between Brian Schatz and Colleen Hanabusa, approval ratings for politicians like Senator Mazie Hirono and Governor Neil Abercrombie, and opinions on issues like gun control and direct democracy ballot initiatives. It also includes demographic information about the poll respondents.
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- 1. Merriman River Group CivilBeat Poll -- June 2013 869 Registered Voters Throughout Hawaii June 18-20, and 24, 2013 78% Landlines, 22% Cell Phones Margin of Sampling Error +/-3.3% In the Democratic Senate primary between Brian Schatz and Colleen Hanabusa, what would you do? Senate Overall a. Schatz 36% b. Hanabusa 33% c. Undecided 23% z. Will not vote 9% Do you generally have a positive or negative opinion of U.S. Senator Brian Schatz? Schatz Overall a. Positive 49% b. Negative 27% z. Unsure 25% Do you generally have a positive or negative opinion of First District Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa? Hanabusa Overall a. Positive 48%
- 2. b. Negative 41% z.Unsure 11% Do you generally have a positive or negative opinion of Senator Mazie Hirono? Hirono Overall a. Positive 54% b. Negative 33% z. Unsure 13% Do you generally have a positive or negative opinion of Second District Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard? Gabbard Overall a. Positive 67% b. Negative 16% z. Unsure 17% What did you do in Hawaii’s contest for Senate between Mazie Hirono and Linda Lingle? SenElect Overall a. Hirono 57% b. Lingle 32% z. DNV/Unsure 11% This past August, there was a Democratic Senate primary between Mazie Hirono and Ed Case. If you voted in that contest, what did you do?
- 3. SenPrimary Overall a. Hirono44% b. Case 31% z. DNV/Unsure 25% In the presidential election this past November, did you vote for Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, or neither candidate? PresElect Overall a. Obama 70% b. Romney 20% z. DNV/Unsure 10% How do you feel things are going in Hawaii—are they generally going in the right direction or the wrong direction? Hawaii Overall a. Right 38% b. Wrong 46% z. Unsure 15% How do feel about Neil Abercrombie’s job performance as Governor? Abercrombie Overall a. Approve 45%
- 4. b. Disapprove 48% z.Unsure 7% How do you feel about Barack Obama’s job performance as President? Obama Overall a. Approve 68% b. Disapprove 29% z. Unsure 3% Would you support or oppose a ban on semi-automatic military-style assault weapons in Hawaii? AssaultBan Overall a. Support 62% b. Oppose 27% c. Doesn't Matter 6% z. Unsure 5% Would you support or oppose a national law expanding background checks to gun sales made at gun shows and over the Internet? BackgroundChecks Overall a. Support 79% b. Oppose 13% c. Doesn't Matter 4% z. Unsure 4%
- 5. Overall, do youthink that guns are as important an issue in Hawaii as in the rest of the country? HawaiiGuns Overall a. As Important 58% b. Mainland Issue 32% z. Unsure 10% Would you support or oppose a ballot initiative system in Hawaii that would allow state residents to place issues on the ballot directly, just by getting enough valid petition signatures? DirectDemocracy Overall a. Yes 62% b. No 22% c. Doesn't Matter 6% z. Unsure 10% Would you support or oppose moving Memorial Day back to its original date of May 30, regardless of the day of the week? MemorialDay Overall a. Support 31% b. Oppose 51% c. Doesn't Matter 16% z. Unsure 2% Gender:
- 6. Gender Overall a. Male44% b. Female 56% Age_Under_Over: Age_Under_Ov er Overall a. Under 50 50% b. 50 and over 50% Age_Full: Age_Full Overall a. 18-29 9% b. 30-39 14% c. 40-49 27% d. 50-64 19% e. 65+ 31% What best describes your ancestry or ethnicity? Ethnicity Overall a. Caucasian 36% b. Japanese 28%
- 7. c. Filipino 5% d.Hawaiian 12% e. Chinese 2% f. Hispanic/Latino 2% g. Other/Mixed 14% How would you describe your views on most political issues? Politics Overall a. Liberal/progress ive 27% b. Moderate 36% c. Conservative 19% z. Unsure 18% Which political party do you generally vote for? Party Overall a. Democrat 55% b. Republican 12% c. Independent 27% z. Unsure 6%
- 8. What kind oftelephones do you have? A cell phone? A regular land-line home phone? Or both? PhoneType Overall a. Both 81% b. Cell 6% c. Landline 13% What best describes your education level? Education Overall a. No degree 2% b. HS graduate 14% c. Some/Assoc/Vo c 35% d. College Graduate 25% e. Grad Degree 23% Have you, or a member of your immediate family such as a spouse, sibling, parent, or child, served in the U.S. Military? Military Overall a. Yes 59% b. No 41% Are you, or a member of your immediate family a member of a labor union?
- 9. Union Overall a. Yes39% b. No 61% Do you have any children or grandchildren under the age of 18? Children Overall a. Yes 54% b. No 40% z. Refused 6% What is your family’s current yearly household income? Income Overall a. 50k or less 33% b. 50-100k 36% z. 100k+ 30%
- 10. Union Overall a. Yes39% b. No 61% Do you have any children or grandchildren under the age of 18? Children Overall a. Yes 54% b. No 40% z. Refused 6% What is your family’s current yearly household income? Income Overall a. 50k or less 33% b. 50-100k 36% z. 100k+ 30%