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Poll: Majority of qathet respondents against new Royal BC Museum construction

Just under 90 per cent cast negative votes
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British Columbia Parliament Buildings, VictoriaGetty image

The Peak polled 624 readers and asked the question: Do you agree with the provincial government's plan for a new, nearly billion dollar Royal BC Museum?

The poll ran from 5/20/2022 to 5/27/2022. Of the 624 votes, we can determine that 381 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:

Yes 9.97 % local, 10.58 % total    
No 89.50 % local, 89.42 % total    
  Local   Total

Results are based on an online study of Peak readers who are located in the qathet region. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 3.83%, 19 times out of 20.

The Peak 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.