B.C. Conservatives neck in neck with B.C. NDP in latest polling as BC United struggles to gain support
CHILLIWACK — The B.C. Conservatives are only a few points behind the governing B.C. New Democratic Party in the latest provincial poll released by a polling outfit.
According to a poll released this past week by Leger in which the company sampled 1,001 voters online between August 2-5, 42 per cent of decided voters would cast a vote for Premier David Eby and the NDP, compared to 39 per cent for John Rustad and the B.C. Conservatives. Leger pointed out in its polling that support for Rustad’s Conservatives has risen 13 points since March 2024 when they last garnered support from 26 per cent of voters.
As the B.C. Conservatives have risen, support for the Opposition B.C. United has dwindled from where Kevin Falcon’s party once was. B.C. United now sits at 10 per cent, a far cry from where the party was when it amassed 28 per cent support in January 2023. Sonia Fursteneau’s B.C. Green Party has become almost an irrelevant non-factor with only eight per cent support; it has no candidates in Chilliwack North or Chilliwack-Cultus Lake even as the election is less than 10 weeks away.
Leger says the dramatic rise in support levels for the Conservative Party of B.C. can be attributed to five main factors, one of which involves significant awareness, approval ratings and voter support of John Rustad across all age groups and genders.