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Poll result: Majority of Richmond News readers mourning Queen Elizabeth's death

Most readers who answered the poll agreed that her passing was a sad day for Canada
Alan Campbell
Alan Campbell
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The British Home’s owner Lenny Entwistle, left, and store clerk Elly Fenton often welcome customers wishing to speak about Queen Elizabeth II. Upon her death they expect more conversations about the Queen's lifeGraeme Wood/Glacier Media

Last Thursday saw the passing of the U.K.'s 96-year-old monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.

Richmond News polled 438 Richmond News readers and asked the question: How do you feel about the death of Queen Elizabeth?

The poll ran from 9/8/2022 to 9/14/2022. Of the 438 votes, we can determine that 120 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:

It's a sad day for Canada and the Commonwealth 64.17 % local, 58.45 % total    
I don't follow the monarchy but I feel for her family 20.00 % local, 21.46 % total    
It doesn't affect me either way 15.83 % local, 20.09 % 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 +/- 4.68%, 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.