Delta Optimist polled 438 Optimist readers and asked the question: Do you agree with B.C.'s school cellphone ban?
The poll ran from Aug. 27 to Sept. 3.
The full results are as follows:
Yes, it's about time 90.55% local, 86.99% total
No, kids need their phones 1.57% local, 5.02% total
On the fence 5.51% local, 5.71% total
My kid doesn't own a cellphone 2.36% local, 2.28% total
Local Total
Results are based on an online study of adult Delta Optimist readers that are located in Ladner. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 4.64%, 19 times out of 20.
Delta 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.