1. Civil Beat Poll
Representative Sample of 843 Registered Voters Statewide
Margin of Error +/- 3.4%
Fielded, November 27 – 29, 2017
Another issue is a system of citizen initiatives, binding referendums, and recalls. These allow
residents to make changes to laws and government through direct vote, rather than having to go
through the legislature. Currently, about half the states in the U.S. have citizens' initiatives,
referendums, or recalls that allow their residents to make direct changes. What do you think –
should Hawaii enact a system of citizen's initiatives, binding referendums, and recalls, or not?
Or does it not matter to you much either way?
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Support 60%
Oppose 18%
Does not matter 8%
Unsure 15%
Total 100%
DEMOGRAPHIC CROSSTABS
Gender
Male Female
Support 64% 56%
Oppose 18% 17%
Does not matter 6% 10%
Unsure 12% 17%
100% 100%
Age_Grp
Under 50 50 or older
Support 58% 61%
Oppose 21% 17%
Does not matter 6% 9%
Unsure 16% 13%
100% 100%
Ethnicity
Caucasian Japanese Filipino Hawaiian Chinese Hispanic Other/Mixed
Support 68% 49% 51% 65% 52% 90% 65%
Oppose 16% 28% 10% 14% 12% 10% 16%
Does not matter 6% 10% 7% 11% 18%
8%
Unsure 11% 14% 33% 10% 19%
11%
100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
2. Civil Beat Poll
Representative Sample of 843 Registered Voters Statewide
Margin of Error +/- 3.4%
Fielded, November 27 – 29, 2017
Another issue is a system of citizen initiatives, binding referendums, and recalls. These allow
residents to make changes to laws and government through direct vote, rather than having to go
through the legislature. Currently, about half the states in the U.S. have citizens' initiatives,
referendums, or recalls that allow their residents to make direct changes. What do you think –
should Hawaii enact a system of citizen's initiatives, binding referendums, and recalls, or not?
Or does it not matter to you much either way?
2
County
Oahu Hawaii Maui Kauai
Support 60% 62% 61% 50%
Oppose 17% 15% 18% 30%
Does not matter 8% 9% 11% 4%
Unsure 15% 14% 10% 16%
100% 100% 100% 100%
District
1 2
Support 55% 63%
Oppose 19% 17%
Does not matter 8% 8%
Unsure 18% 12%
100% 100%
CollegeDeg
College
Degree
No college
Degree
Support 63% 60%
Oppose 21% 16%
Does not matter 6% 12%
Unsure 11% 12%
100% 100%
3. Civil Beat Poll
Representative Sample of 843 Registered Voters Statewide
Margin of Error +/- 3.4%
Fielded, November 27 – 29, 2017
Another issue is a system of citizen initiatives, binding referendums, and recalls. These allow
residents to make changes to laws and government through direct vote, rather than having to go
through the legislature. Currently, about half the states in the U.S. have citizens' initiatives,
referendums, or recalls that allow their residents to make direct changes. What do you think –
should Hawaii enact a system of citizen's initiatives, binding referendums, and recalls, or not?
Or does it not matter to you much either way?
3
Party
Democrat Republican Independent
Support 59% 55% 73%
Oppose 15% 30% 14%
Does not matter 11% 8% 6%
Unsure 15% 8% 7%
100% 100% 100%
Politics
Liberal/progressive Moderate Conservative
Support 72% 56% 60%
Oppose 11% 24% 23%
Does not matter 8% 6% 9%
Unsure 9% 16% 8%
100% 100% 100%
Household Income
Less than
$50,000
$50,000 -
$100,000
More than
$100,000
Support 70% 65% 57%
Oppose 9% 21% 25%
Does not matter 7% 6% 12%
Unsure 14% 9% 6%
100% 100% 100%
4. Civil Beat Poll
Representative Sample of 843 Registered Voters Statewide
Margin of Error +/- 3.4%
Fielded, November 27 – 29, 2017
Another issue is a system of citizen initiatives, binding referendums, and recalls. These allow
residents to make changes to laws and government through direct vote, rather than having to go
through the legislature. Currently, about half the states in the U.S. have citizens' initiatives,
referendums, or recalls that allow their residents to make direct changes. What do you think –
should Hawaii enact a system of citizen's initiatives, binding referendums, and recalls, or not?
Or does it not matter to you much either way?
4
About the Poll
Civil Beat surveyed a random sample of 843 registered voters statewide. Calls were
made from November 27 - 29, 2017, using interactive voice response technology
(touch-tone polling). Cell phones were contacted by live call-agents who asked
respondents whether they were willing to participate in a recorded survey. Respondents
who gave consent were patched through to the same recorded survey that was sent to
landlines.
Results were balanced for gender, age, race/ethnicity, county of residence, and
education level.
The margin of error for the full sample is +/- 3.4 percentage points. Other sources of
error, such as imperfect response rates, are also common in public opinion research
and may affect the results. The margin of error for any crosstabulated result is larger
than the margin of error of the corresponding topline result.
The poll was conducted by Civil Beat working with Merriman River Group, a full-service
consulting organization specializing in opinion research, election management, and
communications.