MEDIA RELEASE

Gov. Linda Lingle, candidate for Hawaii’s open U.S. Senate seat, released poll results Wednesday that indicate she is ahead of the favored Democrat opponent by 5 percentage points.

The poll was conducted by the well-known and respected Voter/Consumer Research polling firm and included phone contacts with 600 likely voters statewide from July 8-10, 2012.

“I am very pleased to see that my message of bipartisanship and common-sense solutions to our state and nation’s problems is resonating with the voters of Hawaii. The momentum and confidence that is building for our campaign are reflected in the polling numbers we received this morning,” Lingle said.

“Even with the negative attacks made by my opponents and their surrogates, it’s clear the people of Hawaii know me and know my proven record of working on their behalf for over 25 years,” she said.

Since announcing her campaign for U.S. Senate on Oct. 11, 2011, Lingle has continued to climb in the polls conducted across the state.

Despite the campaign questioning the methodology of some of the third party polling, the trending results have included:

As with the above results, this current poll represents a snapshot of a point in time. With 118 days remaining in this important election, the future polling results from various firms, utilizing different methodologies will surely result in ebbs and flows of the data.

In this most recent polling, the race against Ed Case is even.

“Today is nine months to the day since Governor Lingle announced her candidacy, and it’s crystal clear our grassroots support and financial support has grown and put us in a strong position to win this seat,” said Campaign Manager, retired General Bob Lee. “With an election as important as the U.S. Senate seat, we anticipate that these poll results will undoubtedly lead to more attacks from our opponents and the mainland political operatives who are working to maintain the status quo.”

Survey details from Voter/Consumer Research:

As you know we completed a survey in Hawaii last night.

Specifically, we conducted 600 telephone interviews from a statewide sample of Hawaii residents who are likely to vote this November. The interviews were conducted between Sunday, July 8 and Tuesday, July 10.

The margin of error associated with the results is +/- 4.0%.

Lingle is performing well on the ballot. She leads Mazie Hirono by five points and is tied with Ed Case. Specifically 45% of likely voters say they will vote for Lingle, while 40% say they will vote for Hirono.

As of today, 13% of voters say they are undecided. Among Ticket Splitters, Lingle has a very strong lead: 61% of Ticket Splitters are voting for her while just 18% are voting for Hirono and 19% are undecided.

The race with Case is tied. Lingle receives 40% of the vote, while Case receives 41% of the vote with 15% undecided.

Lingle also leads among Ticket Splitters: 43% of Ticket Splitters say they will vote for Governor Lingle while 36% are voting for Case and 19% are undecided.

In the Democratic primary, Case and Hirono are tied, with Case at 39% and Hirono at 40% while 15% is undecided. This is based on the subset of voters in our sample who were likely to vote in the Democratic primary, a subset of 449 people.

The margin of error associated with this result is +/- 4.6%.

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