by Andrew Walden
This week’s Ward Poll numbers released by the Star-Advertiser and Hawaii News Now have good news for former Congressman Charles Djou.
Djou, an undeclared candidate for CD1, leads the pack with 58% favorable rating. Senate President Donna Mercado Kim is second with 49% and the rest are in the thirties or below. Djou has the highest name recognition with only 4% reporting they had never heard of him.
| NAME |
Favorable |
Unfavorable |
Never heard of |
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| DJOU |
58% |
30% |
4% |
| KIM |
49% |
22% |
17% |
| TAKAI |
34% |
10% |
36% |
| ANDERSON |
33% |
13% |
27% |
| CHANG |
22% |
12% |
47% |
| ESPERO |
22% |
14% |
43% |
| XIAN |
3% |
4% |
82% |
Even more interesting, the breakdown on Djou’s support is completely inverted from the traditional Republican pattern:
Women are more favorable to Djou than men 60% to 57%.
Caucasians are the least favorable ethnic group for Djou at 50%: 63% of Filipinos like Djou, followed by 58% of Japanese and 58% of Hawaiians.
Djou’s popularity is 58% -- equal across all income groups--but his un-favorability drops as income drops. Rich people are 35% unfavorable to Djou, followed by middle class people at 33% unfavorable, and low income at 25%.
Djou sweeps Republicans 84% and independents 72% but Democrats like Djou 48% to 39% and union members like Djou 55% to 40%.
Complete poll numbers are here >>> LINK
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