1. Civil Beat Poll
Representative Sample of 843 Registered Voters Statewide
Margin of Error +/- 3.4%
Fielded, November 27 – 29, 2017
The first issue is a proposal to conduct Hawaii’s elections entirely by having voters mail in their
ballots, completely eliminating in-person voting at polling locations. Oregon and Washington
currently conduct their elections entirely by mail. How would you feel about switching to voting
entirely by mail in Hawaii -- would you support or oppose it, or would it not matter much to you
either way?
1
Support 46%
Oppose 35%
Does not matter 13%
Unsure 6%
Total 100%
DEMOGRAPHIC CROSSTABS
Gender
Male Female
Support 47% 44%
Oppose 35% 35%
Does not matter 14% 12%
Unsure 4% 9%
100% 100%
Age_Grp
Under 50 50 or older
Support 38% 49%
Oppose 42% 33%
Does not matter 14% 12%
Unsure 6% 6%
100% 100%
2. Civil Beat Poll
Representative Sample of 843 Registered Voters Statewide
Margin of Error +/- 3.4%
Fielded, November 27 – 29, 2017
The first issue is a proposal to conduct Hawaii’s elections entirely by having voters mail in
their ballots, completely eliminating in-person voting at polling locations. Oregon and
Washington currently conduct their elections entirely by mail. How would you feel about
switching to voting entirely by mail in Hawaii -- would you support or oppose it, or would it
not matter much to you either way?
2
Ethnicity
Caucasian Japanese Filipino Hawaiian Chinese Hispanic Other/Mixed
Support 53% 47% 39% 38% 42% 80% 32%
Oppose 30% 36% 21% 45% 37% 8% 51%
Does not matter 14% 11% 24% 11% 12% 12% 12%
Unsure 3% 7% 15% 6% 10%
5%
100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
County
Oahu Hawaii Maui Kauai
Support 45% 50% 48% 32%
Oppose 34% 33% 36% 50%
Does not matter 14% 12% 13% 13%
Unsure 7% 5% 3% 5%
100% 100% 100% 100%
District
1 2
Support 45% 45%
Oppose 34% 36%
Does not matter 14% 13%
Unsure 7% 6%
100% 100%
CollegeDeg
College
Degree
No college
Degree
Support 46% 44%
Oppose 36% 37%
Does not matter 14% 12%
Unsure 5% 7%
100% 100%
3. Civil Beat Poll
Representative Sample of 843 Registered Voters Statewide
Margin of Error +/- 3.4%
Fielded, November 27 – 29, 2017
The first issue is a proposal to conduct Hawaii’s elections entirely by having voters mail in their
ballots, completely eliminating in-person voting at polling locations. Oregon and Washington
currently conduct their elections entirely by mail. How would you feel about switching to voting
entirely by mail in Hawaii -- would you support or oppose it, or would it not matter much to you
either way?
3
Party
Democrat Republican Independent
Support 49% 35% 46%
Oppose 31% 47% 38%
Does not matter 14% 10% 10%
Unsure 6% 8% 5%
100% 100% 100%
Politics
Liberal/progressive Moderate Conservative
Support 54% 49% 38%
Oppose 30% 35% 48%
Does not matter 12% 10% 11%
Unsure 4% 7% 4%
100% 100% 100%
Household Income
Less than
$50,000
$50,000 -
$100,000
More than
$100,000
Support 47% 53% 45%
Oppose 34% 35% 41%
Does not matter 13% 9% 11%
Unsure 6% 4% 3%
100% 100% 100%
4. Civil Beat Poll
Representative Sample of 843 Registered Voters Statewide
Margin of Error +/- 3.4%
Fielded, November 27 – 29, 2017
The first issue is a proposal to conduct Hawaii’s elections entirely by having voters mail in
their ballots, completely eliminating in-person voting at polling locations. Oregon and
Washington currently conduct their elections entirely by mail. How would you feel about
switching to voting entirely by mail in Hawaii -- would you support or oppose it, or would it
not matter much to you 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.