A poll of 843 registered Hawaii voters found that 55% supported having lotteries in Hawaii by creating a statewide lottery or joining multi-state lotteries like Powerball, while 34% opposed the idea and 7% said it did not matter to them. Support was higher among men, younger voters, Native Hawaiians, Hispanics, residents of Hawaii Island and Kauai, those without a college degree, Democrats, and those with lower incomes.
1. Civil Beat Poll
Representative Sample of 843 Registered Voters Statewide
Margin of Error +/- 3.4%
Fielded, November 27 – 29, 2017
Another proposal would be to have lotteries in Hawaii, either by creating a state-wide lottery,
joining multi-state lotteries like Powerball, or both. Would you support or oppose having lotteries
in Hawaii or would it not matter much to you either way?
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Support 55%
Oppose 34%
Does not matter 7%
Unsure 4%
Total 100%
DEMOGRAPHIC CROSSTABS
Gender
Male Female
Support 63% 51%
Oppose 30% 36%
Does not matter 6% 9%
Unsure 2% 5%
100% 100%
Age_Grp
Under 50 50 or older
Support 66% 53%
Oppose 26% 35%
Does not matter 5% 8%
Unsure 3% 4%
100% 100%
Ethnicity
Caucasian Japanese Filipino Hawaiian Chinese Hispanic Other/Mixed
Support 54% 47% 67% 71% 48% 84% 64%
Oppose 35% 41% 17% 22% 38% 4% 33%
Does not matter 9% 9% 7% 4% 12% 12% 3%
Unsure 3% 4% 9% 3% 3%
1%
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 proposal would be to have lotteries in Hawaii, either by creating a state-wide lottery,
joining multi-state lotteries like Powerball, or both. Would you support or oppose having lotteries
in Hawaii or would it not matter much to you either way?
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County
Oahu Hawaii Maui Kauai
Support 52% 64% 62% 64%
Oppose 36% 28% 34% 22%
Does not matter 8% 5% 5% 7%
Unsure 4% 3%
7%
100% 100% 100% 100%
District
100% 200%
Support 51% 59%
Oppose 36% 32%
Does not matter 8% 7%
Unsure 5% 2%
100% 100%
CollegeDeg
College
Degree
No college
Degree
Support 51% 63%
Oppose 40% 27%
Does not matter 7% 7%
Unsure 3% 3%
100% 100%
Party
Democrat Republican Independent
Support 58% 45% 66%
Oppose 29% 41% 28%
Does not matter 8% 14% 4%
Unsure 5% 1% 2%
100% 100% 100%
3. Civil Beat Poll
Representative Sample of 843 Registered Voters Statewide
Margin of Error +/- 3.4%
Fielded, November 27 – 29, 2017
Another proposal would be to have lotteries in Hawaii, either by creating a state-wide lottery,
joining multi-state lotteries like Powerball, or both. Would you support or oppose having lotteries
in Hawaii or would it not matter much to you either way?
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Politics
Liberal/progressive Moderate Conservative
Support 56% 59% 58%
Oppose 32% 32% 38%
Does not matter 9% 7% 3%
Unsure 3% 2% 1%
100% 100% 100%
Household Income
Less than
$50,000
$50,000 -
$100,000
More than
$100,000
Support 62% 57% 55%
Oppose 30% 31% 38%
Does not matter 3% 9% 5%
Unsure 5% 3% 2%
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 proposal would be to have lotteries in Hawaii, either by creating a state-wide lottery,
joining multi-state lotteries like Powerball, or both. Would you support or oppose having lotteries
in Hawaii or would it not matter much to you either way?
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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.