Delta Optimist polled 314 Optimist readers and asked the question: Do you think Hell Night should be stopped in South Delta?
The poll ran from Sept. 6 to 13. Of the 314 votes, we can determine that 147 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:
YES 78.91 % local, 72.93 % total
NO 21.09 % local, 27.07 % 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 +/- 5.49%, 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.