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Poll result: Majority of Richmond News reader made their mark

Almost 68 per cent of those who answered the poll said they intended to vote in last week's municipal election or intended to
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Coun. Chak Au topped the polls in the recent Richmond city council election

A paltry 25 per cent of eligible voters in Richmond turned out for last week's municipal election, but it appears most Richmond News readers made their mark.

Richmond News polled 479 Richmond News readers and asked the question: Do you intend to vote in the Richmond civic election on Saturday?

The poll ran from 10/13/2022 to 10/24/2022. Of the 479 votes, we can determine that 151 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:

Yes 51.66 % local, 44.89 % total    
No 21.19 % local, 32.36 % total    
Already voted 27.15 % local, 22.76 % total    
  Local   Total

Results are based on an online study of adult Richmond News readers that are located in Richmond. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 4.47%, 19 times out of 20.

Richmond News 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.