A poll of 869 registered Hawaii voters found majority support for: - Banning semi-automatic assault weapons (62%) and expanding background checks (79%) - Allowing direct ballot initiatives (62%) - Thinking guns are as important an issue in Hawaii as the mainland (58%) However, most opposed moving Memorial Day to May 30 regardless of day of week (51%).

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%

2. Would you support or oppose a ban on semi-automatic military-style assault weapons in Hawaii?
Assault Ban OVERALL Male Female Under 50 Over 50 Caucasian Japanese Filipino Hawaiian
Support 62% 60% 64% 55% 69% 66% 63% 47% 56%
Oppose 27% 29% 25% 32% 22% 24% 26% 45% 32%
Doesn't
Matter
6% 9% 4% 8% 4% 6% 4% 3% 7%
Unsure 5% 2% 8% 6% 4% 3% 6% 5% 5%
Chinese Latino Mixed
Ethnicity
Liberal-
progressive
Moderate Conser-
vative
Unsure Democrat Republican Indepen-dent
70% 78% 56% 74% 71% 45% 45% 72% 40% 59%
21% 19% 30% 15% 20% 46% 39% 16% 47% 34%
3% 0% 8% 4% 7% 4% 9% 7% 3% 4%
6% 3% 7% 7% 3% 5% 6% 5% 10% 2%
Unsure Cell &
Landline
Cell Landline No degree HS graduate Some Assoc
Voc
College
Graduate
Graduate
Degree
Military Yes
31% 63% 59% 59% 30% 54% 54% 70% 76% 63%
56% 26% 32% 31% 57% 28% 30% 24% 22% 27%
11% 6% 1% 6% 3% 10% 10% 3% 1% 7%
2% 5% 9% 4% 11% 8% 7% 3% 2% 4%
Military No Union Yes Union No Children Yes Children No Children
Refused
50k or less Income 50-
100k
Income 100k
62% 65% 61% 59% 73% 23% 61% 68% 65%

3. 27% 23% 29% 26% 22% 62% 25% 21% 30%
5% 6% 6% 8% 4% 3% 11% 6% 3%
7% 5% 4% 6% 1% 12% 3% 4% 3%

4. Would you support or oppose a national law expanding background checks to gun sales made at gun shows and over the Internet?
Background
Checks
OVERALL Male Female Under 50 Over 50 Caucasian Japanese Filipino Hawaiian
Support 79% 77% 82% 76% 84% 82% 85% 59% 70%
Oppose 13% 17% 10% 17% 9% 13% 9% 28% 17%
Doesn't
Matter
4% 5% 3% 4% 4% 2% 4% 8% 8%
Unsure 4% 1% 5% 3% 3% 2% 2% 5% 4%
Chinese Latino Mixed
Ethnicity
Liberal-
progressive
Moderate Conser-
vative
Unsure Democrat Republican Indepen-dent
80% 100% 81% 89% 90% 67% 64% 88% 66% 75%
10% 0% 12% 8% 8% 22% 17% 8% 21% 19%
6% 0% 2% 2% 1% 4% 13% 3% 8% 2%
4% 0% 5% 0% 0% 7% 6% 2% 6% 4%
Unsure Cell &
Landline
Cell Landline No degree HS graduate Some Assoc
Voc
College
Graduate
Graduate
Degree
Military Yes
74% 82% 87% 71% 46% 75% 78% 85% 87% 81%
7% 12% 5% 20% 45% 8% 15% 10% 11% 13%
16% 4% 0% 3% 4% 11% 5% 2% 0% 2%
3% 2% 8% 6% 5% 5% 2% 3% 2% 3%
Military No Union Yes Union No Children Yes Children No Children
Refused
50k or less Income 50-
100k
Income 100k

5. 80% 81% 80% 82% 85% 45% 75% 88% 81%
11% 13% 12% 12% 10% 31% 17% 6% 15%
6% 3% 5% 5% 3% 0% 6% 3% 4%
3% 3% 3% 1% 2% 24% 3% 3% 0%

6. Overall, do you think that guns are as important an issue in Hawaii as in the rest of the country?
Hawaii Guns OVERALL Male Female Under 50 Over 50 Caucasian Japanese Filipino Hawaiian
As Important 58% 53% 63% 57% 60% 57% 59% 48% 63%
Mainland
Issue
32% 41% 25% 37% 26% 35% 26% 41% 35%
Unsure 10% 6% 13% 6% 13% 8% 15% 11% 2%
Chinese Latino Mixed
Ethnicity
Liberal-
progressive
Moderate Conser-
vative
Unsure Democrat Republican Indepen-dent
62% 63% 61% 54% 62% 59% 58% 55% 51% 65%
24% 32% 34% 35% 31% 29% 35% 35% 37% 29%
14% 5% 5% 11% 7% 12% 8% 10% 12% 6%
Unsure Cell &
Landline
Cell Landline No degree HS graduate Some Assoc
Voc
College
Graduate
Graduate
Degree
Military Yes
77% 57% 69% 62% 65% 64% 55% 63% 53% 61%
17% 34% 23% 25% 30% 23% 35% 31% 38% 32%
6% 9% 8% 13% 5% 13% 11% 5% 9% 7%
Military No Union Yes Union No Children Yes Children No Children
Refused
50k or less Income 50-
100k
Income 100k
54% 57% 59% 63% 51% 56% 64% 56% 54%
34% 35% 32% 27% 40% 35% 30% 34% 39%
12% 8% 10% 9% 8% 10% 6% 10% 7%

7. 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?
Direct
Democracy
OVERALL Male Female Under 50 Over 50 Caucasian Japanese Filipino Hawaiian
Yes 62% 61% 63% 65% 61% 64% 56% 68% 74%
No 22% 24% 20% 20% 23% 25% 24% 18% 10%
Doesn't
Matter
6% 9% 4% 5% 6% 4% 10% 9% 6%
Unsure 10% 6% 13% 10% 10% 7% 11% 6% 10%
Chinese Latino Mixed
Ethnicity
Liberal-
progressive
Moderate Conser-
vative
Unsure Democrat Republican Indepen-dent
46% 65% 63% 53% 68% 64% 64% 55% 72% 76%
35% 9% 21% 31% 23% 18% 10% 27% 12% 17%
8% 0% 3% 4% 3% 10% 11% 6% 2% 2%
10% 26% 13% 12% 6% 8% 15% 11% 13% 4%
Unsure Cell &
Landline
Cell Landline No degree HS graduate Some Assoc
Voc
College
Graduate
Graduate
Degree
Military Yes
44% 64% 48% 59% 37% 50% 73% 60% 60% 65%
16% 24% 14% 16% 24% 14% 14% 27% 33% 22%
27% 4% 19% 12% 9% 20% 5% 4% 2% 7%
13% 8% 19% 13% 30% 16% 9% 9% 5% 6%
Military No Union Yes Union No Children Yes Children No Children
Refused
50k or less Income 50-
100k
Income 100k

8. 58% 60% 64% 67% 59% 40% 71% 62% 56%
22% 22% 21% 20% 27% 4% 13% 26% 29%
5% 5% 7% 4% 5% 37% 9% 2% 5%
15% 12% 8% 9% 9% 19% 7% 9% 10%

9. Would you support or oppose moving Memorial Day back to its original date of May 30, regardless of the day of the week?
Memorial Day OVERALL Male Female Under 50 Over 50 Caucasian Japanese Filipino Hawaiian
Support 31% 34% 28% 25% 36% 24% 36% 33% 41%
Oppose 51% 51% 53% 58% 47% 62% 43% 52% 46%
Doesn't
Matter
16% 14% 17% 17% 14% 13% 19% 14% 13%
Unsure 2% 1% 2% 0% 3% 1% 2% 1% 0%
Chinese Latino Mixed
Ethnicity
Liberal-
progressive
Moderate Conser-
vative
Unsure Democrat Republican Indepen-dent
47% 29% 21% 19% 29% 48% 30% 25% 40% 34%
33% 17% 61% 64% 55% 40% 45% 56% 46% 55%
17% 54% 17% 17% 15% 11% 23% 18% 13% 10%
3% 0% 0% 0% 1% 1% 2% 1% 2% 2%
Unsure Cell &
Landline
Cell Landline No degree HS graduate Some Assoc
Voc
College
Graduate
Graduate
Degree
Military Yes
40% 27% 62% 35% 28% 48% 34% 23% 20% 36%
27% 56% 30% 44% 47% 35% 50% 60% 60% 49%
30% 16% 8% 20% 25% 15% 15% 17% 18% 14%
2% 1% 0% 2% 0% 2% 1% 0% 2% 1%
Military No Union Yes Union No Children Yes Children No Children
Refused
50k or less Income 50-
100k
Income 100k
22% 27% 32% 29% 26% 67% 34% 25% 28%

10. 57% 57% 50% 52% 58% 19% 44% 62% 53%
20% 15% 17% 18% 14% 14% 20% 13% 18%
1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 0% 1% 0% 2%