The Peak polled 616 readers and asked the question: Do you agree with the provincial government’s decision to defer logging on 2.6 million hectares of unprotected Crown forests that contain old growth?
The poll ran from 11/4/2021 to 11/12/2021. Of the 616 votes, we can determine that 286 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:
Yes 52.10 % local, 56.66 % total
No 47.90 % local, 43.34 % total
Local Total
Results are based on an online study of readers who are located in the qathet region. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 3.86%, 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.
