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Poll result: Vast majority of Richmond News readers believe China influences our politicians

A whopping 80 per cent of those who answered the poll suspect the Chinese government interferes
Alan Campbell
Alan Campbell
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RCMP vehicle parked on Browndale Road in Richmond on Saturday night, across from the Wenzhou Friendship Society clubhouse. A human rights organization says the Wenzhou government in China established an overseas police station in Vancouver.Bob Mackin/BIVBob Mackin/BIV

 

The Richmond News reported earlier this week how an alleged foreign police station was a major concern for Richmond and Canada, according to a local councillor.

We polled 558 Richmond News readers and asked the question: Do you believe the Chinese government has influence over politicians in Canada?

The poll ran from 12/12/2022 to 12/16/2022. Of the 558 votes, we can determine that 168 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:

Yes 80.95 % local, 80.82 % total    
No 11.31 % local, 10.93 % total    
Not sure 7.74 % local, 8.24 % total    
  Local   Total

Results are based on an online study of adult Richmond News readers that are located in Richmond. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 4.14%, 19 times out of 20.

Richmond News 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.