Delta Optimist polled 454 Optimist readers and asked the question: Do you think B.C. should finally end Daylight Saving Time?
The poll ran from Nov. 8 to 15. Of the 454 votes, we can determine that 176 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:
YES 77.84 % local, 81.94 % total
NO 22.16 % local, 18.06 % total
Local Total
Results are based on an online study of adult Optimist readers that are located in the Delta area. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 4.56%, 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.