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Poll result: Majority of Richmond News readers didn't feel Blue Monday

More than 64 per cent who answered the poll said they were unaffected by the year's most depressing day
Alan Campbell
Alan Campbell
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Grade 11 and 12 students from Hugh Boyd's social justice class performed a flower flashmob on Blue Monday to cheer up Richmond seniorsCassandra Lau and Peter Loganathan photos

A group of Hugh Boyd students tried to ward off the Blue Monday vibe this week by performing a "flower flashmob" for seniors in Richmond.

Richmond News polled 326 Richmond News readers and asked the question: Did you feel blue on Blue Monday?

The poll ran from 1/16/2023 to 1/20/2023. Of the 326 votes, we can determine that 104 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:

Oh yes 13.46 % local, 14.11 % total    
A little 17.31 % local, 17.48 % total    
Not sure 4.81 % local, 4.91 % total    
Not at all 64.42 % local, 63.50 % 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 +/- 5.42%, 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.