As the 2024 BC provincial election draws near, Leger plans to repeatedly administer this survey on a weekly basis to provide up-to-date polling and insights related to the upcoming election. This survey was conducted from September 20 to 23, 2024.
Highlights of the study include…
• Momentum for the BC Conservative Party (45%) continues to build. The party has jumped ahead of the BC NDP (43%) in voting intention among decided voters, while the Greens (10%) sit in a distant third place.
• More than eight in ten (85%) BC residents indicate they are likely to vote, with nearly two-thirds (62%) indicating that they will “definitely vote.”
• More than three-quarters (77%) of decided voters report that they are not likely to switch their vote, while less than one in five (15%) indicate they are likely to do so.
• Premier David Eby continues to have the highest approval rating (45%) ahead of Rustad (37%) and Furstenau (34%) as of September 23rd.
• 38% of BC residents believe that things in the province are going in the right direction, while 54% believe that things in the province are on the wrong track.
• Housing affordability remains the top issue in BC, followed by health care, inflation/rising interest rates, and the economy.
Methodology
This web survey was conducted from September 20 to 23, 2024, with 1,001 British Columbians aged 18 or older, randomly recruited from LEO’s online panel. A margin of error cannot be associated with a non-probability sample in a panel survey. For comparison, a probability sample of 1,001 respondents would have a margin of error of ±3.1 %, 19 times out of 20.
