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What Pollsters Might Try to Say

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Wayne Yoshioka
Published May 29, 2014 at 3:11 PM HST
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U.S. Senator Brian Schatz and wife, Linda Kwok gathered with supporters at the Democratic Party of Hawaii Convention
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Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa delivered her Democratic Convention speech as supporters held up campaign signs
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Hawai’i’s Democratic primary election for the U.S. Senate is a historic contest to fill the remaining two years of Daniel Inouye’s term.   Over the next two months, there will be many political and public opinion polls that will attempt to predict the outcome of that race.  HPR’s Wayne Yoshioka provides this analysis of what to look out for in those polls.    
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Wayne Yoshioka
Wayne Yoshioka is an award-winning journalist who has worked in television, print and radio in Hawaiʻi. He also has been on both sides of politics as a state departmental appointee and political/government reporter. He covered Hurricane Iwa (1982) as a TV reporter; was the State Department of Defense/Civil Defense spokesperson for Hurricane Iniki (1992); and, commanded a public affairs detachment in Afghanistan (2006). He has a master's degree in Communication from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and is a decorated combat veteran (Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and 22 other commendation/service medals). He resides in Honolulu.
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