An Angus Reid poll released Sept. 22 to 24, 2026 finds 43% of decided and leaning voters intend to support the BC Conservatives, ahead of the BC NDP at 35%.
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As a snap election gets underway in British Columbia, a new Angus Reid poll suggests the BC Conservatives have pulled ahead of the governing NDP in voter support over a short period, while many respondents also express doubts about whether the Conservatives are ready to govern. In the Angus Reid Institute survey, 43% of leaning and decided voters said they intend to vote for the BC Conservatives, up six points in nine days.
In the same poll, the BC NDP fell to 35%, down from an earlier survey that showed a slim four-point advantage for the NDP. The Greens were listed at 12%, with one-in-five respondents saying they remain undecided about their vote choice and 35% describing themselves as very certain about their support.
The polling also points to a backlash around the timing of the snap election. Two-thirds of respondents said it is “too soon” to go to the polls, including 71% of BC Conservative voters who agreed and half of BC NDP voters who said the same, according to the results reported with the survey.
Leadership views in the poll show mixed signals for both parties. Thirty-three per cent of respondents said they have a favourable view of NDP leader David Eby, while 61% have an unfavourable view. For interim BC Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson, 25% reported a favourable view, 36% an unfavourable view, and 40% said they do not know enough about him to offer an opinion.
Angus Reid president Shachi Kurl said that despite the Conservatives’ lead in the voting intention numbers, there is still significant concern among British Columbians about readiness to govern. She also noted that about a fifth of the Conservatives’ own base shared those concerns, based on the concerns measured in the survey.
The survey was conducted online from Sept. 22 to 24, 2026, among a randomized sample of 801 British Columbian adults drawn from the Angus Reid Forum. The results were weighted to reflect adults nationwide by region, gender, age, household income and education using Canadian census data; with a sample size of 801, the report said the margin of error would be about plus or minus 3.5 percentage points for a probability sample at the 95% confidence level.
Overall, the findings combine a near-term shift toward the BC Conservatives with persistent reservations about the snap election’s timing and whether voters feel the opposition is prepared to take power. The poll results therefore highlight both a movement in party preference and limits on how far that support has translated into broad confidence.
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