Delta Optimist polled 330 Optimist readers and asked the question: Would you like your next car to be a low-emission vehicle, like an EV or hybrid?
The poll ran from May 3 to 10. Of the 330 votes, we can determine that 149 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:
YES 61.74% local, 56.67% total
NO 32.21% local, 39.09% total
I don't own a car, or I'm not planning for another 6.04% local, 4.24% total
Local Total
Editor's note: results are based on an online study of adult Delta Optimist readers that are located in Ladner and Tsawwassen. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 5.36%, 19 times out of 20.
The Optimist uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.
