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A poll released on Wednesday shows 40 per cent of people who voted for the B.C. Liberals in 2020 would not back the B.C. United party if an election were held today.
The B.C. Liberals renamed the party B.C. United in April 2023.
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According to the online poll of 800 adult British Columbians conducted by Research Co, the B.C. NDP remains in first place among decided voters at 46 per cent, followed by the Conservative Party of B.C. with 25 per cent, B.C. United with 17 per cent and the B.C. Greens with 11 per cent.
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The percentage of undecided voters across B.C. is 13 per cent.
“More than four-in-five voters who supported the John Horgan-led B.C. NDP in 2020 are staying with the party under a new leader,” said Mario Canseco, President of Research Co. “Only 41 per cent of voters who backed the B.C. Liberals under Andrew Wilkinson would cast a ballot for B.C. United.”
The poll also found that a third of British Columbians would like to see B.C. United and the B.C. Conservative party merge. The Conservatives are led by former B.C. Liberal MLA John Rustad, who was tossed out of the Liberal caucus by leader Kevin Falcon.
“A merger between the two centre-right parties would find the support of 56 per cent of British Columbians who are planning to vote for B.C. United and 48 pr cent of those who are planning to back the B.C. Conservatives,” Canseco said.
During an interview in December last year, when similar polling figures were released, Falcon said he was not concerned with the polls.
“I’m not concerned and I’ll tell you why,” he said. “It’s because I’ve been around for a while and I know that the polling is, frankly, b.s.”
— with a file from Canadian Press
dcarrigg@postmedia.com
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