1. Merriman River Group
Civil Beat 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. Hirono 44%
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 you think 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. Male 44%
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 of telephones 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. Yes 39%
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. Yes 39%
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%