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Here are the results of our latest online opinion poll

Many took to their cars during the transit strike
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Here is how our readers handled the recent transit strike.

Delta Optimist polled 332 Optimist readers and asked the question: How did you deal with the recent transit strike?

The poll ran from Feb. 7 to Feb. 21, 2024. The full results are as follows:

I worked from home/stayed home. 33.33% local, 33.73% total    
I carpooled. 3.23% local, 4.22% total    
I rode my bike. 4.30% local, 3.31% total    
I drove by myself. 59.14% local, 58.73% total    
  Local   Total

Results are based on an online study of adult Optimist readers. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 5.34%, 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.