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Burnaby Municipal Elections Poll Sept/Oct 2018 | | Data presented below is weighted data to reflect adult (18 years+) based on 2016 Federal Census.
Region | Gender | Age | Voter Intention | ||||||||||||
Total | North | East | South | Male | Female | Non-Binary | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Committed vote (all) | Derek Corrigan | Mike Hurley | Other Committed | All voters | |
Col ID | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | J | J | J | K | |
Total (weighted) | 645 | 330 | 111 | 204 | 297 | 334 | 14 | 208 | 216 | 221 | 319 | 137 | 133 | 49 | 612 |
Total (unweighted) | 640 | 323 | 106 C |
211 B |
287 E |
344 D |
9 | 64 H |
181 G |
395 | 351 | 155 | 153 | 43 | 616 |
Derek Corrigan | 137 21% |
66 20% |
26 23% |
45 22% |
74 25% E |
61 18% D |
2 13% |
32 16% I |
44 20% i |
60 27% Gh |
137 43% K |
137 100% |
- | - | 137 22% J |
Mike Hurley | 133 21% |
72 22% |
22 20% |
38 19% |
72 24% e |
61 18% d |
- | 32 16% I |
38 18% I |
62 28% GH |
133 42% K |
- | 133 100% |
- | 133 22% J |
Someone else | 49 8% |
20 6% |
12 11% |
17 8% |
18 6% |
24 7% |
7 51% |
19 9% |
17 8% |
13 6% |
49 15% K |
- | - | 49 100% |
49 8% J |
I will not be voting | 32 5% |
14 4% |
3 3% |
16 8% |
6 2% |
26 8% |
- | 13 6% |
15 7% |
4 2% |
- | - | - | - | - |
Undecided/Don’t know | 293 46% |
157 48% |
48 44% |
88 43% |
126 43% |
162 49% |
5 36% |
110 53% I |
101 47% I |
82 37% GH |
- | - | - | - | 293 48% |
Summary |
|||||||||||||||
NET VOTERS | 612 95% |
316 96% c |
108 97% C |
188 92% aB |
291 98% E |
308 92% D |
14 100% |
195 94% I |
200 93% I |
217 98% GH |
319 100% |
137 100% |
133 100% |
49 100% |
612 100% |
NONVOTERS | 32 5% |
14 4% |
3 3% |
16 8% |
6 2% |
26 8% |
- | 13 6% |
15 7% |
4 2% |
- | - | - | - | - |
Region | Gender | Age | Voter Intention | ||||||||||||
Total | North | East | South | Male | Female | Non-Binary | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Committed vote (all) | Derek Corrigan | Mike Hurley | Other Committed | All voters | |
Col ID | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | J | J | J | K | |
Total (weighted) | 612 | 316 | 108 | 188 | 291 | 308 | 14 | 195 | 200 | 217 | 319 | 137 | 133 | 49 | 612 |
Total (unweighted) | 616 | 314 B |
102 AC |
200 B |
282 | 325 | 9 | 60 H |
168 G |
388 | 351 | 155 | 153 | 43 | 616 |
Derek Corrigan | 137 22% |
66 21% |
26 24% |
45 24% |
74 26% e |
61 20% d |
2 13% |
32 17% I |
44 22% |
60 28% G |
137 43% K |
137 100% |
- | - | 137 22% J |
Mike Hurley | 133 22% |
72 23% |
22 20% |
38 20% |
72 25% |
61 20% |
- | 32 17% I |
38 19% I |
62 29% GH |
133 42% K |
- | 133 100% |
- | 133 22% J |
Someone else | 49 8% |
20 6% |
12 11% |
17 9% |
18 6% |
24 8% |
7 51% |
19 10% |
17 8% |
13 6% |
49 15% K |
- | - | 49 100% |
49 8% J |
Undecided/Don’t know | 293 48% |
157 50% |
48 45% |
88 47% |
126 43% E |
162 53% D |
5 36% |
110 57% I |
101 51% I |
82 38% GH |
- | - | - | - | 293 48% |
Summary |
|||||||||||||||
NET VOTERS | 612 100% |
316 100% |
108 100% |
188 100% |
291 100% |
308 100% |
14 100% |
195 100% |
200 100% |
217 100% |
319 100% |
137 100% |
133 100% |
49 100% |
612 100% |
Region | Gender | Age | Voter Intention | ||||||||||||
Total | North | East | South | Male | Female | Non-Binary | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Committed vote (all) | Derek Corrigan | Mike Hurley | Other Committed | All voters | |
Col ID | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | J | J | J | K | |
Total (weighted) | 319 | 159 | 60 | 100 | 164 | 146 | 9 | 84 | 99 | 136 | 319 | 137 | 133 | 49 | 319 |
Total (unweighted) | 351 | 178 | 59 | 114 | 166 | 180 | 5 | 26 H |
83 G |
242 | 351 | 155 | 153 | 43 | 351 |
Derek Corrigan | 137 43% |
66 42% |
26 43% |
45 45% |
74 45% |
61 42% |
2 20% |
32 38% |
44 45% |
60 45% |
137 43% |
137 100% |
- | - | 137 43% |
Mike Hurley | 133 42% |
72 46% |
22 37% |
38 38% |
72 44% |
61 42% |
- | 32 38% |
38 39% |
62 46% |
133 42% |
- | 133 100% |
- | 133 42% |
Someone else | 49 15% |
20 13% |
12 21% |
17 17% |
18 11% |
24 16% |
7 80% |
19 23% |
17 17% |
13 10% |
49 15% |
- | - | 49 100% |
49 15% |
Region | Gender | Age | Voter Intention | ||||||||||||
Total | North | East | South | Male | Female | Non-Binary | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Committed vote (all) | Derek Corrigan | Mike Hurley | Other Committed | All voters | |
Col ID | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | J | J | J | K | |
Total (weighted) | 645 | 330 | 111 | 204 | 297 | 334 | 14 | 208 | 216 | 221 | 319 | 137 | 133 | 49 | 612 |
Total (unweighted) | 640 | 323 | 106 C |
211 B |
287 E |
344 D |
9 | 64 H |
181 G |
395 | 351 | 155 | 153 | 43 | 616 |
Very unfavourable | 24 4% |
9 3% |
9 8% |
6 3% |
10 3% |
14 4% |
- | 13 6% |
7 3% |
4 2% |
20 6% |
11 8% |
2 2% |
6 13% |
24 4% |
Somewhat unfavourable | 57 9% |
29 9% |
9 8% |
19 9% |
26 9% |
30 9% |
1 4% |
26 13% |
15 7% |
15 7% |
38 12% |
19 14% |
12 9% |
7 15% |
53 9% |
Somewhat favourable | 144 22% |
83 25% |
19 18% |
42 21% |
79 26% E |
59 18% D |
6 47% |
36 17% I |
49 23% |
59 27% G |
110 34% K |
34 25% |
58 44% |
17 35% |
144 24% J |
Very favourable | 60 9% |
33 10% |
8 8% |
19 9% |
25 9% |
34 10% |
- | 13 6% |
24 11% |
23 10% |
52 16% K |
8 6% |
44 33% |
- | 55 9% J |
I do not have a firm impression | 360 56% |
177 54% |
66 59% |
118 58% |
156 53% e |
198 59% d |
7 49% |
120 58% |
120 56% |
120 54% |
99 31% K |
65 48% |
16 12% |
18 37% |
336 55% J |
Summary |
|||||||||||||||
NET FAVOURABLE | 204 32% |
115 35% B |
28 25% A |
61 30% |
104 35% e |
93 28% d |
6 47% |
49 23% HI |
73 34% G |
82 37% G |
162 51% K |
42 30% |
102 77% |
17 35% |
199 33% J |
NET UNFAVOURABLE | 81 13% |
38 11% |
17 16% |
26 13% |
37 12% |
43 13% |
1 4% |
39 19% H |
23 10% G |
19 9% |
58 18% K |
30 22% |
14 11% |
14 28% |
77 13% J |
NO IMPRESSION | 360 56% |
177 54% |
66 59% |
118 58% |
156 53% e |
198 59% d |
7 49% |
120 58% |
120 56% |
120 54% |
99 31% K |
65 48% |
16 12% |
18 37% |
336 55% J |
Region | Gender | Age | Voter Intention | ||||||||||||
Total | North | East | South | Male | Female | Non-Binary | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Committed vote (all) | Derek Corrigan | Mike Hurley | Other Committed | All voters | |
Col ID | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | J | J | J | K | |
Total (weighted) | 133 | 72 | 22 | 38 | 72 | 61 | - | 32 | 38 | 62 | 133 | - | 133 | - | 133 |
Total (unweighted) | 153 | 86 | 24 | 43 | 74 | 79 | - | 10 | 32 | 111 | 153 | - | 153 | - | 153 |
Very unfavourable | 2 2% |
1 1% |
1 5% |
1 1% |
2 2% |
1 1% |
- | - | - | 2 4% |
2 2% |
- | 2 2% |
- | 2 2% |
Somewhat unfavourable | 12 9% |
6 8% |
- | 6 16% |
9 13% |
2 4% |
- | 6 20% |
4 9% |
2 3% |
12 9% |
- | 12 9% |
- | 12 9% |
Somewhat favourable | 58 44% |
34 47% |
9 40% |
15 40% |
33 45% |
26 42% |
- | 13 40% |
15 41% |
30 48% |
58 44% |
- | 58 44% |
- | 58 44% |
Very favourable | 44 33% |
23 32% |
8 35% |
13 35% |
20 28% |
24 39% |
- | 10 30% |
15 41% |
19 31% |
44 33% |
- | 44 33% |
- | 44 33% |
I do not have a firm impression | 16 12% |
9 13% |
4 20% |
3 7% |
8 11% |
9 14% |
- | 3 10% |
4 9% |
10 15% |
16 12% |
- | 16 12% |
- | 16 12% |
Summary |
|||||||||||||||
NET FAVOURABLE | 102 77% |
57 79% |
16 75% |
29 75% |
53 74% |
50 81% |
- | 23 70% |
31 81% |
49 78% |
102 77% |
- | 102 77% |
- | 102 77% |
NET UNFAVOURABLE | 14 11% |
6 8% |
1 5% |
7 18% |
11 15% |
3 5% |
- | 6 20% |
4 9% |
4 6% |
14 11% |
- | 14 11% |
- | 14 11% |
NO IMPRESSION | 16 12% |
9 13% |
4 20% |
3 7% |
8 11% |
9 14% |
- | 3 10% |
4 9% |
10 15% |
16 12% |
- | 16 12% |
- | 16 12% |
Region | Gender | Age | Voter Intention | ||||||||||||
Total | North | East | South | Male | Female | Non-Binary | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Committed vote (all) | Derek Corrigan | Mike Hurley | Other Committed | All voters | |
Col ID | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | J | J | J | K | |
Total (weighted) | 284 | 153 | 45 | 86 | 141 | 137 | 7 | 88 | 95 | 101 | 219 | 72 | 116 | 31 | 276 |
Total (unweighted) | 288 | 152 | 46 | 90 | 139 | 146 | 3 | 27 H |
80 G |
181 | 227 | 71 | 132 | 24 | 284 |
Very unfavourable | 24 8% |
9 6% |
9 19% |
6 7% |
10 7% |
14 10% |
- | 13 15% |
7 7% |
4 4% |
20 9% |
11 15% |
2 2% |
6 21% |
24 9% |
Somewhat unfavourable | 57 20% |
29 19% |
9 19% |
19 22% |
26 19% |
30 22% |
1 8% |
26 30% |
15 16% |
15 15% |
38 17% |
19 27% |
12 10% |
7 23% |
53 19% |
Somewhat favourable | 144 51% |
83 54% |
19 43% |
42 49% |
79 56% E |
59 43% D |
6 92% |
36 41% I |
49 51% |
59 59% G |
110 50% |
34 48% |
58 50% |
17 56% |
144 52% |
Very favourable | 60 21% |
33 21% |
8 18% |
19 22% |
25 18% |
34 25% |
- | 13 15% |
24 25% |
23 23% |
52 24% |
8 11% |
44 38% |
- | 55 20% |
Summary |
|||||||||||||||
NET FAVOURABLE | 204 72% |
115 75% b |
28 61% a |
61 70% |
104 74% |
93 68% |
6 92% |
49 56% HI |
73 76% G |
82 81% G |
162 74% |
42 58% |
102 88% |
17 56% |
199 72% |
NET UNFAVOURABLE | 81 28% |
38 25% |
17 39% |
26 30% |
37 26% |
43 32% |
1 8% |
39 44% H |
23 24% G |
19 19% |
58 26% |
30 42% |
14 12% |
14 44% |
77 28% |
Region | Gender | Age | Voter Intention | ||||||||||||
Total | North | East | South | Male | Female | Non-Binary | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Committed vote (all) | Derek Corrigan | Mike Hurley | Other Committed | All voters | |
Col ID | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | J | J | J | K | |
Total (weighted) | 645 | 330 | 111 | 204 | 297 | 334 | 14 | 208 | 216 | 221 | 319 | 137 | 133 | 49 | 612 |
Total (unweighted) | 640 | 323 | 106 C |
211 B |
287 E |
344 D |
9 | 64 H |
181 G |
395 | 351 | 155 | 153 | 43 | 616 |
Very unfavourable | 95 15% |
41 12% b |
23 21% a |
32 16% |
52 17% E |
37 11% D |
6 47% |
26 13% i |
29 13% |
41 18% g |
80 25% K |
9 7% |
58 44% |
13 26% |
95 15% J |
Somewhat unfavourable | 128 20% |
64 19% |
28 25% |
37 18% |
62 21% |
65 19% |
2 12% |
36 17% |
50 23% |
43 19% |
62 20% |
12 9% |
40 30% |
10 21% |
127 21% |
Somewhat favourable | 167 26% |
98 30% B |
21 19% A |
48 24% |
87 29% e |
77 23% d |
3 24% |
49 23% |
56 26% |
62 28% |
102 32% k |
61 45% |
26 20% |
15 31% |
162 26% j |
Very favourable | 67 10% |
35 11% |
13 12% |
18 9% |
30 10% |
37 11% |
- | 13 6% |
19 9% |
35 16% |
55 17% K |
48 35% |
5 3% |
2 4% |
61 10% J |
I do not have a firm impression | 187 29% |
91 28% |
27 24% c |
69 34% b |
67 23% E |
118 35% D |
2 17% |
84 41% HI |
62 29% GI |
41 18% GH |
19 6% |
6 5% |
4 3% |
9 18% |
168 27% |
Summary |
|||||||||||||||
NET FAVOURABLE | 234 36% |
134 41% Bc |
34 30% A |
66 33% a |
116 39% |
114 34% |
3 24% |
62 30% I |
75 35% i |
97 44% Gh |
157 49% K |
110 80% |
30 23% |
17 35% |
223 36% J |
NET UNFAVOURABLE | 224 35% |
105 32% B |
51 46% AC |
68 34% B |
113 38% E |
102 31% D |
8 60% |
62 30% i |
79 36% |
83 38% g |
142 45% K |
21 15% |
98 74% |
23 47% |
222 36% J |
NO IMPRESSION | 187 29% |
91 28% |
27 24% c |
69 34% b |
67 23% E |
118 35% D |
2 17% |
84 41% HI |
62 29% GI |
41 18% GH |
19 6% |
6 5% |
4 3% |
9 18% |
168 27% |
Region | Gender | Age | Voter Intention | ||||||||||||
Total | North | East | South | Male | Female | Non-Binary | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Committed vote (all) | Derek Corrigan | Mike Hurley | Other Committed | All voters | |
Col ID | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | J | J | J | K | |
Total (weighted) | 137 | 66 | 26 | 45 | 74 | 61 | 2 | 32 | 44 | 60 | 137 | 137 | - | - | 137 |
Total (unweighted) | 155 | 74 | 27 | 54 | 76 | 77 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 108 | 155 | 155 | - | - | 155 |
Very unfavourable | 9 7% |
1 1% |
2 7% |
7 15% |
6 8% |
3 5% |
- | 3 10% |
4 8% |
2 4% |
9 7% |
9 7% |
- | - | 9 7% |
Somewhat unfavourable | 12 9% |
4 5% |
6 22% |
3 7% |
6 8% |
6 9% |
1 32% |
3 10% |
6 14% |
3 5% |
12 9% |
12 9% |
- | - | 12 9% |
Somewhat favourable | 61 45% |
35 53% |
8 30% |
19 42% |
37 49% |
25 40% |
- | 19 60% |
15 35% |
26 44% |
61 45% |
61 45% |
- | - | 61 45% |
Very favourable | 48 35% |
26 39% |
10 40% |
13 28% |
23 31% |
25 42% |
- | 6 20% |
14 32% |
27 45% |
48 35% |
48 35% |
- | - | 48 35% |
I do not have a firm impression | 6 5% |
2 3% |
1 2% |
4 9% |
3 4% |
2 4% |
1 68% |
- | 5 11% |
2 3% |
6 5% |
6 5% |
- | - | 6 5% |
Summary |
|||||||||||||||
NET FAVOURABLE | 110 80% |
61 91% C |
18 69% |
31 69% A |
60 80% |
50 82% |
- | 26 80% |
30 68% I |
54 89% H |
110 80% |
110 80% |
- | - | 110 80% |
NET UNFAVOURABLE | 21 15% |
4 6% |
7 29% |
10 22% |
12 16% |
9 14% |
1 32% |
6 20% |
10 22% |
5 8% |
21 15% |
21 15% |
- | - | 21 15% |
NO IMPRESSION | 6 5% |
2 3% |
1 2% |
4 9% |
3 4% |
2 4% |
1 68% |
- | 5 11% |
2 3% |
6 5% |
6 5% |
- | - | 6 5% |
Region | Gender | Age | Voter Intention | ||||||||||||
Total | North | East | South | Male | Female | Non-Binary | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Committed vote (all) | Derek Corrigan | Mike Hurley | Other Committed | All voters | |
Col ID | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | J | J | J | K | |
Total (weighted) | 457 | 238 | 84 | 135 | 230 | 216 | 11 | 123 | 154 | 180 | 299 | 131 | 129 | 40 | 445 |
Total (unweighted) | 489 | 251 | 85 | 153 | 233 | 250 | 6 | 38 H |
129 G |
322 | 329 | 148 | 147 | 34 | 478 |
Very unfavourable | 95 21% |
41 17% b |
23 27% a |
32 23% |
52 22% |
37 17% |
6 57% |
26 21% |
29 19% |
41 23% |
80 27% k |
9 7% |
58 45% |
13 32% |
95 21% j |
Somewhat unfavourable | 128 28% |
64 27% |
28 33% |
37 27% |
62 27% |
65 30% |
2 15% |
36 29% |
50 33% i |
43 24% h |
62 21% K |
12 9% |
40 31% |
10 26% |
127 29% J |
Somewhat favourable | 167 36% |
98 41% B |
21 24% Ac |
48 36% b |
87 38% |
77 36% |
3 28% |
49 39% |
56 36% |
62 34% |
102 34% |
61 47% |
26 20% |
15 38% |
162 36% |
Very favourable | 67 15% |
35 15% |
13 15% |
18 14% |
30 13% |
37 17% |
- | 13 11% |
19 12% |
35 19% |
55 18% |
48 37% |
5 4% |
2 4% |
61 14% |
Summary |
|||||||||||||||
NET FAVOURABLE | 234 51% |
134 56% B |
34 40% A |
66 49% |
116 51% |
114 53% |
3 28% |
62 50% |
75 49% |
97 54% |
157 52% |
110 84% |
30 24% |
17 42% |
223 50% |
NET UNFAVOURABLE | 224 49% |
105 44% B |
51 60% A |
68 51% |
113 49% |
102 47% |
8 72% |
62 50% |
79 51% |
83 46% |
142 48% |
21 16% |
98 76% |
23 58% |
222 50% |
Region | Gender | Age | Voter Intention | ||||||||||||
Total | North | East | South | Male | Female | Non-Binary | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Committed vote (all) | Derek Corrigan | Mike Hurley | Other Committed | All voters | |
Col ID | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | J | J | J | K | |
Total (weighted) | 645 | 330 | 111 | 204 | 297 | 334 | 14 | 208 | 216 | 221 | 319 | 137 | 133 | 49 | 612 |
Total (unweighted) | 640 | 323 | 106 C |
211 B |
287 E |
344 D |
9 | 64 H |
181 G |
395 | 351 | 155 | 153 | 43 | 616 |
Strongly disagree | 50 8% |
24 7% |
6 6% |
20 10% |
25 8% |
25 8% |
- | 13 6% |
17 8% |
21 9% |
30 9% |
22 16% |
5 3% |
4 7% |
50 8% |
Somewhat disagree | 108 17% |
59 18% |
12 11% |
37 18% |
51 17% |
58 17% |
- | 52 25% HI |
33 15% G |
23 10% G |
62 20% |
42 31% |
6 5% |
14 28% |
101 16% |
Somewhat agree | 141 22% |
82 25% |
17 15% |
42 21% |
63 21% |
71 21% |
7 51% |
36 17% hi |
51 24% g |
54 25% g |
68 21% |
30 22% |
26 20% |
11 23% |
135 22% |
Strongly agree | 164 25% |
86 26% |
34 30% c |
44 22% b |
83 28% |
77 23% |
4 32% |
45 22% I |
48 22% I |
71 32% GH |
121 38% K |
15 11% |
88 67% |
17 36% |
158 26% J |
Don't know/Unsure | 181 28% |
78 24% B |
42 38% A |
61 30% |
76 26% |
103 31% |
2 17% |
62 30% |
67 31% i |
53 24% h |
38 12% K |
28 20% |
7 5% |
3 6% |
168 28% J |
Summary |
|||||||||||||||
NET AGREE | 305 47% |
168 51% C |
51 46% |
86 42% A |
146 49% |
148 44% |
11 83% |
81 39% I |
99 46% I |
125 56% GH |
189 59% K |
45 33% |
115 86% |
29 59% |
293 48% J |
NET DISAGREE | 159 25% |
84 25% |
18 16% |
57 28% |
75 25% |
83 25% |
- | 65 31% hI |
50 23% g |
44 20% G |
92 29% |
64 47% |
11 8% |
17 36% |
151 25% |
Region | Gender | Age | Voter Intention | ||||||||||||
Total | North | East | South | Male | Female | Non-Binary | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Committed vote (all) | Derek Corrigan | Mike Hurley | Other Committed | All voters | |
Col ID | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | J | J | J | K | |
Total (weighted) | 464 | 252 | 69 | 143 | 221 | 231 | 11 | 146 | 149 | 169 | 281 | 109 | 126 | 46 | 444 |
Total (unweighted) | 471 | 253 | 73 | 145 | 217 | 248 | 6 | 45 H |
125 G |
301 | 309 | 124 | 146 | 39 | 458 |
Strongly disagree | 50 11% |
24 10% |
6 9% |
20 14% |
25 11% |
25 11% |
- | 13 9% |
17 11% |
21 12% |
30 11% |
22 20% |
5 4% |
4 8% |
50 11% |
Somewhat disagree | 108 23% |
59 24% |
12 17% |
37 26% |
51 23% |
58 25% |
- | 52 36% HI |
33 22% GI |
23 14% GH |
62 22% |
42 39% |
6 5% |
14 30% |
101 23% |
Somewhat agree | 141 30% |
82 33% |
17 25% |
42 29% |
63 29% |
71 31% |
7 62% |
36 24% h |
51 34% g |
54 32% |
68 24% k |
30 27% |
26 21% |
11 24% |
135 30% j |
Strongly agree | 164 35% |
86 34% B |
34 49% AC |
44 31% B |
83 37% |
77 33% |
4 38% |
45 31% I |
48 32% i |
71 42% Gh |
121 43% K |
15 14% |
88 70% |
17 38% |
158 36% J |
Summary |
|||||||||||||||
NET AGREE | 305 66% |
168 67% |
51 74% C |
86 60% B |
146 66% |
148 64% |
11 100% |
81 56% hI |
99 66% g |
125 74% G |
189 67% |
45 41% |
115 91% |
29 62% |
293 66% |
NET DISAGREE | 159 34% |
84 33% |
18 26% |
57 40% |
75 34% |
83 36% |
- | 65 44% hI |
50 34% g |
44 26% G |
92 33% |
64 59% |
11 9% |
17 38% |
151 34% |
Region | Gender | Age | Voter Intention | ||||||||||||
Total | North | East | South | Male | Female | Non-Binary | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Committed vote (all) | Derek Corrigan | Mike Hurley | Other Committed | All voters | |
Col ID | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | J | J | J | K | |
Total (weighted) | 645 | 330 | 111 | 204 | 297 | 334 | 14 | 208 | 216 | 221 | 319 | 137 | 133 | 49 | 612 |
Total (unweighted) | 640 | 323 | 106 C |
211 B |
287 E |
344 D |
9 | 64 H |
181 G |
395 | 351 | 155 | 153 | 43 | 616 |
Strongly disagree | 83 13% |
27 8% BC |
21 19% A |
35 17% A |
51 17% E |
29 9% D |
3 24% |
36 17% H |
21 10% G |
26 12% |
67 21% K |
10 7% |
43 33% |
13 27% |
83 14% J |
Somewhat disagree | 134 21% |
73 22% |
22 20% |
39 19% |
65 22% |
66 20% |
4 28% |
42 20% |
56 26% I |
36 16% H |
66 21% |
12 9% |
44 33% |
10 20% |
133 22% |
Somewhat agree | 210 33% |
112 34% |
35 31% |
63 31% |
104 35% |
101 30% |
5 36% |
49 23% HI |
77 36% G |
84 38% G |
116 36% |
64 46% |
34 26% |
18 36% |
203 33% |
Strongly agree | 77 12% |
38 11% |
13 12% |
26 13% |
32 11% |
44 13% |
- | 10 5% |
24 11% I |
43 19% H |
55 17% K |
46 34% |
6 5% |
2 5% |
71 12% J |
Don't know/Unsure | 141 22% |
80 24% |
20 18% |
41 20% |
44 15% E |
95 28% D |
2 12% |
71 34% HI |
37 17% G |
32 15% G |
16 5% |
5 3% |
5 4% |
6 12% |
122 20% |
Summary |
|||||||||||||||
NET AGREE | 287 44% |
150 46% |
48 43% |
89 43% |
137 46% |
145 43% |
5 36% |
58 28% HI |
101 47% GI |
127 57% GH |
171 53% K |
110 80% |
40 30% |
20 41% |
274 45% J |
NET DISAGREE | 217 34% |
100 30% |
43 39% |
74 36% |
115 39% E |
94 28% D |
7 51% |
78 38% I |
77 36% i |
62 28% Gh |
132 41% k |
22 16% |
87 66% |
23 47% |
216 35% j |
Region | Gender | Age | Voter Intention | ||||||||||||
Total | North | East | South | Male | Female | Non-Binary | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Committed vote (all) | Derek Corrigan | Mike Hurley | Other Committed | All voters | |
Col ID | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | J | J | J | K | |
Total (weighted) | 504 | 250 | 91 | 163 | 252 | 240 | 12 | 136 | 179 | 189 | 303 | 132 | 128 | 43 | 490 |
Total (unweighted) | 529 | 267 | 89 | 173 | 251 | 272 | 6 | 42 H |
150 G |
337 | 334 | 150 | 146 | 38 | 515 |
Strongly disagree | 83 16% |
27 11% BC |
21 23% A |
35 22% A |
51 20% E |
29 12% D |
3 27% |
36 26% HI |
21 12% G |
26 14% G |
67 22% k |
10 8% |
43 34% |
13 31% |
83 17% j |
Somewhat disagree | 134 27% |
73 29% |
22 24% |
39 24% |
65 26% |
66 27% |
4 32% |
42 31% I |
56 31% I |
36 19% GH |
66 22% k |
12 9% |
44 34% |
10 23% |
133 27% j |
Somewhat agree | 210 42% |
112 45% |
35 38% |
63 39% |
104 41% |
101 42% |
5 41% |
49 36% |
77 43% |
84 45% |
116 38% |
64 48% |
34 27% |
18 41% |
203 41% |
Strongly agree | 77 15% |
38 15% |
13 14% |
26 16% |
32 13% e |
44 19% d |
- | 10 7% |
24 13% I |
43 23% H |
55 18% |
46 35% |
6 5% |
2 5% |
71 14% |
Summary |
|||||||||||||||
NET AGREE | 287 57% |
150 60% |
48 53% |
89 54% |
137 54% |
145 61% |
5 41% |
58 43% HI |
101 57% GI |
127 67% GH |
171 56% |
110 83% |
40 32% |
20 47% |
274 56% |
NET DISAGREE | 217 43% |
100 40% |
43 47% |
74 46% |
115 46% |
94 39% |
7 59% |
78 57% HI |
77 43% GI |
62 33% GH |
132 44% |
22 17% |
87 68% |
23 53% |
216 44% |
IT IS ALL ABOUT PEOPLE by Anna Frank
“We must go down to the lowest depths before we can touch bottom and rise again.” [1]
When there is talk about the climate change one cannot avoid talking about people. It is quite clear now that people and nature are part of one unity. There is only ONE world and we all have to share it with all living creatures. With every breath we take, we influence what that world will become. Most discussions about the climate change are about the human role in it. There is a huge effort to prove that no matter what humans do, our actions are independent of nature. So, where does that leave us?
The traditional definition of a natural disaster echoes this human centered focus. It is a natural event such as a flood, earthquake, or hurricane that causes great economic damage or loss of life, more precisely human life, as in many cases the loss of animal lives is considered damage only in so far as it has an economic aspect. Climate change often triggers natural disasters. However, the linear conclusion that to climate change is to blame for everything is not true.
Climate change is not some entity that has will and the power of decision and holds a grudge against people. Climate change is simply a consequence of actions, human and natural. Only with proof that the world is untouched by humans, could we say that we do not influence climate change. This of course is not the case. Whatever we do, whatever change we make, moves like numerous dominos in a chain, and forever changes the world we live in. If we refer back to my previous article about human education, it is exactly in our assumptions of the predestination of things that lays a trap and is the generator of denial of our influence.
We have 7 billion or so people on this planet, and each one uses resources, land, and water and influences ecosystems. Humans, like any other life forms, have requirements for survival, but we are far needier and impose a greater strain on our environment than any other life form we know. It is our teachings, which consist of social and familial customs as well as any formal education system, that form our mindset towards our responsibilities, roles and position within the natural cycle. What defines our teachings? Within our modern-industrial society, these teachings inform how we see life, how we view others and ourselves, how we feel about ourselves, who we want to recognise us, and whose approval we want to gain. In societies that rely on nature as a source and not a just a resource, teachings are oriented more towards discovering an inner purpose with the aim of becoming a fruitful part of its cycle.
When researching climate change one cannot avoid researching religion, politics, social values and structures. All of them influence on an elemental level everyone. Each person contributes to, and is affected by, climate change. Moreover, each person will act in accordance with the teachings that he or she is following. Finally, we all act according to the situation we find ourselves in, where basic survival is above any other value.
According to some estimates, there are over 4,200 religions in the World. Just among Christians, there are more than 33,000 different interpretations or denominations. We all have some beliefs. Even the belief that there is no God is a belief. We tend to follow beliefs and values that we have been taught. Given this background, what is the chance that 7 billion people can agree on anything? We are not short of knowledge or vision that shows our current way of living is not sustainable, but we lack agreement as to what to accept that is a better way of living. The problems lie in our human values.
“We were all humans until race disconnected us, religion separated us, politics divided us, and wealth classified us.”[Anonymous]
Humans are a reflection of nature and they express all its complexity. We have changed everything we could. We move rivers and mountaintops; we dig through, and dig out resources from the depths of the Earth. We are transferring energy and consuming it. We have disturbed the natural equilibrium. Climate change is not induced by the actions of one state or any one human but still we see that some suffer the effects more than others do. Those who stay without homes and resources are forced to move somewhere else. We witnessed in 2015 and 2016 the problems associated with, and the resistance to, accepting large numbers immigrants or refugees.
People in general are just not educated to deal with these sorts of changes. Everywhere, starting from their first steps children are exposed to their own society’s “dos and don’ts”, to different teachings, values, traditions and beliefs. If, due to a natural or manmade disaster such as warfare, you were forced to leave your home, you as an individual would need an adaptation period to accept what has happened and to assimilate to your new environment, to learn about it, and to accept new ways. However, events in the world are moving too fast to allow that time. Consequentially, people tend to continue to practice their traditional values. It is what they know. When confronted with a new environment having differ values and norms, one can ask, whose values are “more” right? Whose are wrong? Which way is better and why? We don’t have enough knowledge about the world to judge the depth and the severity of change we have set in motion. How deeply do we influence nature and how has this changed nature in turn influenced us? The energy balance equation is disturbed; we do not return what we take from Nature and at some point in time, somewhere, somehow equilibrium has to be established.
The Planet Earth – The changing World
In their analyses of planetary atmospheres in 1965, Lovelock and Giffin spoke about the importance of the Earth atmosphere for the life on the planet:
“In 1965, we were interested to know the extent to which information on the chemical composition of planetary atmospheres could constitute direct and primary evidence of life. In other words, could the chemical analysis of a planetary atmosphere constitute a life detection... Confusion often attends attempts to apply the thermodynamic concepts of entropy and equilibrium to living systems and this present topic is no exception. It is generally agreed that it is a property of life to reduce its internal entropy through the assimilation of free energy and the excretion of degraded energy to the environment. Controversy can arise, however, over the size of the maximum unit of life. There is, for example, no doubt that an animal has a highly ordered chemical composition but its environment to which disorder is rejected includes the atmosphere; it might seem pointless therefore to seek evidence of life by looking for order in the chemical composition of the atmosphere. If instead of individual living organisms, however, the planetary ecosystem itself is regarded as the maximum unit of life, the problem resolves. In an ecosystem, the atmosphere can have an ordered role as the conveyor belt for products between, for example, the plant and animal kingdoms of Earth, or their analogues elsewhere. With this large unit, the atmosphere is an internal component of the living system and the environment is now space, to which disorder is rejected in the form of degraded solar energy. ...If the atmosphere of the Earth is a biological contrivance, then it is reasonable to consider that the components are maintained at an optimum or near optimum composition for the ecosystem. For example, the Earth’s climate if strongly dependent upon the atmospheric pressure, that is the total amount of oxygen and nitrogen and on the concentration of red absorbency gases such as carbon dioxide and water vapor. The concentrations of these components are directly or indirectly under biological control. It may not therefore be an unreasonable speculation to consider the possibility that the Earth’s climate is also maintained at or near an optimum for the ecosystem.” [2]
Since then we have highly altered ecosystems and the atmosphere. We launched new particles and radioactive elements into the environment. Can we still avoid responsibility for changes that are ongoing on the Earth?
Species are disappearing, air is changing its structure, waters are polluted, land is disturbed and there is no doubt that humans do influence changes and that some are even triggered solely by human’s activities. Nevertheless, this is old news, in the 1970s an alarm bell rang. In the book “The Limits to Growth” [3] , some quite stunning conclusions were given almost 50 years ago.
What it has been done since then? Unfortunately, for many the world has become even more divided. It is common knowledge that there is such thing as the “First World” and countries of the “Third World”. However, in fact we have only one world. One has to be aware that parallel with the rise of environmental awareness, we were dealing with the effects of Imperialism, Communism, and Capitalism’s Globalization of the economy. Humanity has faced many problems by trying to define, with force at times, whose way of life is the most valuable on the planet. There were many things going on globally. As mentioned in my previous article, there are far too many issues for the average human brain to contemplate at the same time, and too many of them will have a long-term impact beyond one life’s span. Social networks, and sometimes mainstream media, report atrocities and the political silence that follows. Climate change, wars, social breakdown, moral breakdown are among the news coming like waves without cessation. We need to hold accountable those who are responsible among them, bankers, global corporations and governments.
We, humans, are losing our own habitat. If we continue this, we will become endangered, with no one there to save us and without capacities to save the world we desperately need. We all need to change our habits and to do that we need to change concept of what it means to be a successful human. I will address only few problems:
A crucial issue for solving current environmental problems is how to influence and change individual values and needs. Humans are not isolated sticks in a field, ones that you just can pick up, shape and easily mold. Humans are far more complex than just being eating, sleeping and reproducing entities. In general, people need to learn the reasons why sustainable living is good and necessary for their own survival. In the end, it is all about people. We made many of the problems; we need to fix them. To apply solutions, to heal the planet we have to start by accepting the complexity of people and their diversity and figure out how to improve generally held values. That cannot be done overnight and it has to be done from the first breath. Each child is a step towards the solution if this child is thought to be part of nature and safe within society.
Are the adults willing to change? That is the next issue.