A new survey says this influences where you go on vacation and just how you see Hawaii.
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Coming from the UK I am familiar with this organization and indeed have participated in several studies. There is an inherent skew in their results as they are solely recruiting from those who at least semi IT literate, This results in a left leaning sub thirties strong bias. The phrasing of questions and methodology employed would indicate a subconscious bias so I would approach any of their surveys with caution. They are useful for color but need to be balanced by surveys that attempt to be more inclusive of the complete population. Of course doing it there way is much cheaper which is why they do it and their advertisers are only interested in the younger age group IT early adopters. So take it with a pinch of salt as they say in UK. Personally I am rather glad if students want to go to Florida to get drunk rather than Hawaii but then I have had my fun as a youth when I did my dumb stuff…..
Hi Rich.
Thanks for that input on this study. We appreciate your more than 100 comments.
Aloha.
I’m a republican and really like living in California and visiting Hawaii. Happy to be the outlier.
Aloha,
I think Hawaii and specifically Kauai did exactly what they needed to do to keep their citizens safe and reduce spread of Covid-19. People’s lives outweighs those who feel entitled to do whatever they want. I applaud the taking care of the citizens over tourism during the past year.
Yes, I am a Democrat who has lived in a Red state for too many years and we would agree with the list and yes there is partisan divide. We are looking to retire and Hawaii, California, and Oregon are our choices. We have gone to Hawaii most years since 1987 for vacation and to visit family. We don’t ever visit and would never live in Florida, Texas, or Alaska. Those states are too discriminatory for us to feel safe. Hawaii we always thought of as home and it’s time to come home for good.
An interesting study and thanks for sharing. My opinion of the better or worse of two states in a head-to-head survey would differ from a question of would I prefer to live there or visit. As I prefer to keep the government out of my life (since I am an adult and can manage fine fine, thank you) I would prefer living in a state that politically supports freedom over mandates/legislative approaches. My opinion of beauty and relaxation opportunities would/could change that choice, i.e., TX vs. HI.
BOH,
I have loved all of Hawaii since R&R from SE Asia in the early 70’s. Had a home on Maui for ten years in the 90’s. My daughter and her family (2 grandkids) live on Kauai. As for politics I dislike liberals/democrats BUT fly back and forth to Kauai to visit family multiple times per year – except for COVID. If my family did not live in the islands I would be inclined to visit Texas or Florida for vacations. This especially because Hawaii monetizes EVERYTHING they can stick to “tourists” without the necessary Aloha spirits. I’m surprised that walking on a beach does not come with a $5 fee.
Thank you and, yes, we did cancel our annual March trip because of your governor and his inability to govern. My first since 1989.
Many of the residents on Maui are sick of not being heard and inaction by the state to make their daily lives easier regarding the HUGE impact that tourism has. Too many cars on two lane roads with slow speed limits, no turn outs and no promised Paia bypass are the biggest for Northshore residents.
Start charging a fee to tourists to use beach parking lots, do a toll road to Hana for all rental vehicles and tour vans that is electronically charged at the junction of Kaupakalua Road to Ulupalakua. Charge $10 per vehicle then fund the bypass and other county projects with it. Add the turnouts and passing lanes.
If tourists want to come here they will regardless of these small charges and the residents would finally feel valued by the state. If you want The Aloha to continue here, then give some to your residents. Maui and the other islands aren’t Disneyland. It’s becoming ridiculous. Ive been here since the 80s and at times want to leave because of these issues.
Aloha BOH.
You didn’t mention the margin of error, and I have not yet visited the Yougov. methodology. That 1200 sample size is not much different than Gallup U.S. sampling with ~3% margin of error. I would assume that theirs is similar. These snapshots in time only hint at where the U.S. population stands at the moment, but I would say that the disparity (almost inverse relationship) between R’s and D’s, relative to FL compared with HI indicates that political affiliation does have a causal relationship between state preferences.
Also, was the study one that sought responses to “visiting” vs. “moving”?
Only 1211 people participated in the survey. Seems like a very small sampling size. It also depends if they have ever been to a different state and if they can afford to visit/move to the state. I would assume that demographics plays a huge role too (race, income, ect). Politics alone is not a significant factor. I suspect most people can’t afford to live in HI but can afford FL.
1211 for a survey isn’t really considered a small sampling size. Many surveys fall within 500-1500 people. They weight the results to equate what the population looks like. The political party aspect could throw things off as now adays self identifying Republicans tend to be less likely to answer polls (or so the analysis of the 2020 election polling identifies anyway).
Yougov is not known to be a good pollster. I’d have to check, but pretty sure they get a B or C rating by Nate Silver on accuracy etc.