BC Leadership debate tonight (Wednesday), poll says Conservatives five points ahead of NDP
By Trail Champion
The leaders’ debate is tonight, Wednesday, October 14, from 6:15 to 8 p.m. Pacific time, on Global BC, CBC, CTV, CITY TV, CHEK and CPAC. It streams live on CBC British Columbia YouTube, Global News YouTube, Global BC YouTube and globalnews.ca/bc. David Eby, Lorne Doerkson and Emily Lowan take part.
An Ipsos poll released Tuesday shows the Conservatives taking a five-point over the NDP:
“The BC Conservatives now have the support of 43% (up 1) of decided voters, which puts them 5-points ahead of the BC NDP at 38% (down 2). The BC Greens are next best at 11% (up 1), followed by OneBC at 4% (up 1), CentreBC at 2% (down 1) and other parties at 2% (unchanged). These results exclude the 25% (down 2) of British Columbians who are undecided (18%, down 5) or express no preference (7%, up 3).”
Age Breaks: The BC Conservatives lead by 14-points among 35-54 year olds (CONS 48% vs. NDP 34%). The two main parties are effectively tied among 18-34 years olds (CONS 40% vs. NDP 36%) and among those 55 years and older (NDP 43% vs. CONS 41%).
Gender Breaks: The gender gap is back. The Conservative lead by 18-points among men (49% CONS vs. 31% NDP), while the NDP lead by 9-points among women (NDP 45% vs. CONS 36%).
Region Breaks: The horserace remains very close in seat rich Metro Vancouver with the BC Conservatives leading by 3-points (42% CONS vs. 39% NDP). The NDP has a substantial 20-point lead on Vancouver Island (47% NDP vs. 27% CONS), while the Conservatives have a 21-point lead in the Southern Interior/North (53% CONS vs. 32% NDP).
Ipsos also asked about voters’ top priorities in the upcoming Oct. 24 election:
“There continue to be three dominant issues for voters in British Columbia – cost of living/inflation (57%, up 1), health care (39%, unchanged) and housing affordability and availability (30%, down 1),” the study said.
“• Top issues for current BC NDP supporters include cost of living/inflation (56%, down 6%), health care (50%, up 2), housing affordability and availability (37%, up 3), and US trade and tariff issues (22%, down 2).
• Top issues for current BC Conservative supporters include cost of living/inflation (62%, up 3), health care (35%, up 4), jobs and the economy (29%, up 3), taxes (28%, down 2), crime and public safety (28%, up 5), and housing affordability and availability (25%, down 4).
• Top issues for current BC Green supporters include cost of living/inflation (50%, down 8), health care (34%, unchanged), climate change and the environment (33%, down 3), housing affordability and availability (23%, down 14 points), and social issues like poverty and homelessness (22%, up 1).
• Top issues for undecided voters include cost of living/inflation (60%, up 13), health care (41%, down 3), housing affordability and availability (30%, up 1) and jobs and the economy (22%, up 4).”
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