Delta Optimist polled 250 Optimist readers and asked the question: What label best reflects your own political viewpoint?
The poll ran from Sept. 25 to Oct. 2.
Right 13.25% local, 14.40% total
Centre-right 19.28% local, 26.80% total
Centre 27.71% local, 22.80% total
Centre-left 31.33% local, 25.20% total
Left 8.43% local, 10.80% total
Local Total
Results are based on an online study of Optimist readers. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 6.17%, 19 times out of 20.
The Optimist 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.
