Answers people chose to share from BC Vote Helper, October 12 to the close of polls on October 24, 2026, from all 93 ridings. Not a poll: people chose to take the quiz, and it never asked how anyone would vote.
Share of quiz-takers for whom each party scored highest. Ties are split evenly.
For 24% of people the top two parties were within 3 points. Average match across everyone: CentreBC 50%, BC Greens 47%, BC NDP 47%, BC Conservatives 42%, OneBC 30%. A closest party is a match on published positions, not a vote or a forecast.
Each riding is shaded by the party most often closest to its quiz-takers. Many ridings have only a few dozen people, so read these as rough. Ridings with fewer than 20 people are grey. Hover or tap a riding for its numbers.
| Riding | People | BC Greens | CentreBC | BC Conservatives | BC NDP | OneBC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbotsford South | 56 | 14% | 20% | 30% | 19% | 16% |
| Abbotsford West | 50 | 30% | 21% | 23% | 18% | 8.0% |
| Abbotsford-Mission | 80 | 26% | 13% | 29% | 20% | 12% |
| Burnaby Centre | 64 | 18% | 34% | 11% | 23% | 15% |
| Burnaby East | 60 | 41% | 13% | 15% | 10% | 21% |
| Burnaby North | 107 | 30% | 20% | 18% | 14% | 18% |
| Burnaby South-Metrotown | 117 | 22% | 30% | 21% | 9.8% | 16% |
| Burnaby-New Westminster | 56 | 29% | 29% | 18% | 14% | 11% |
| Cariboo-Chilcotin | 25 | 24% | 16% | 32% | 20% | 8.0% |
| Chilliwack North | 40 | 25% | 18% | 18% | 18% | 22% |
| Chilliwack-Cultus Lake | 63 | 31% | 25% | 25% | 14% | 6.3% |
| Columbia River-Revelstoke | 91 | 35% | 16% | 16% | 21% | 11% |
| Coquitlam-Burke Mountain | 80 | 29% | 28% | 16% | 16% | 12% |
| Coquitlam-Maillardville | 72 | 26% | 25% | 20% | 8.3% | 20% |
| Courtenay-Comox | 196 | 33% | 16% | 31% | 9.9% | 10% |
| Cowichan Valley | 121 | 38% | 19% | 19% | 13% | 12% |
| Delta North | 34 | 16% | 32% | 19% | 21% | 12% |
| Delta South | 57 | 43% | 16% | 15% | 16% | 10% |
| Esquimalt-Colwood | 339 | 43% | 18% | 13% | 20% | 6.5% |
| Fraser-Nicola | 33 | 42% | 11% | 12% | 23% | 12% |
| Juan de Fuca-Malahat | 130 | 34% | 20% | 24% | 15% | 6.9% |
| Kamloops Centre | 102 | 35% | 21% | 22% | 15% | 6.9% |
| Kamloops-North Thompson | 86 | 27% | 20% | 27% | 11% | 15% |
| Kelowna Centre | 112 | 29% | 19% | 28% | 15% | 9.8% |
| Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream | 65 | 22% | 32% | 12% | 22% | 14% |
| Kelowna-Mission | 110 | 20% | 27% | 27% | 18% | 9.1% |
| Kootenay Central | 53 | 32% | 23% | 22% | 16% | 7.5% |
| Kootenay-Monashee | 88 | 24% | 18% | 24% | 23% | 9.7% |
| Kootenay-Rockies | 131 | 28% | 16% | 18% | 20% | 18% |
| Ladysmith-Oceanside | 88 | 31% | 21% | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Langford-Highlands | 203 | 37% | 18% | 16% | 20% | 9.1% |
| Langley-Abbotsford | 103 | 24% | 17% | 21% | 23% | 15% |
| Langley-Walnut Grove | 158 | 20% | 22% | 26% | 17% | 16% |
| Langley-Willowbrook | 130 | 26% | 18% | 17% | 20% | 17% |
| Maple Ridge East | 72 | 26% | 18% | 23% | 15% | 18% |
| Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | 79 | 21% | 21% | 25% | 15% | 18% |
| Mid Island-Pacific Rim | 81 | 48% | 18% | 14% | 16% | 4.9% |
| Nanaimo-Gabriola Island | 91 | 42% | 18% | 16% | 15% | 8.8% |
| Nanaimo-Lantzville | 107 | 34% | 20% | 21% | 15% | 9.8% |
| New Westminster-Coquitlam | 84 | 37% | 32% | 9.5% | 11% | 10% |
| North Island | 100 | 28% | 16% | 27% | 14% | 16% |
| North Vancouver-Lonsdale | 105 | 33% | 24% | 12% | 14% | 17% |
| North Vancouver-Seymour | 128 | 36% | 26% | 13% | 13% | 11% |
| Oak Bay-Gordon Head | 250 | 46% | 21% | 14% | 12% | 6.6% |
| Peace River South | 33 | 15% | 18% | 24% | 12% | 30% |
| Penticton-Summerland | 76 | 20% | 28% | 21% | 14% | 17% |
| Port Coquitlam | 111 | 35% | 20% | 16% | 19% | 10% |
| Port Moody-Burquitlam | 149 | 26% | 26% | 18% | 16% | 15% |
| Powell River-Sunshine Coast | 115 | 30% | 14% | 21% | 20% | 16% |
| Prince George-Mackenzie | 29 | 33% | 17% | 14% | 22% | 14% |
| Prince George-North Cariboo | 32 | 23% | 31% | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Prince George-Valemount | 29 | 38% | 19% | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Richmond Centre | 64 | 24% | 20% | 14% | 20% | 22% |
| Richmond-Bridgeport | 68 | 32% | 23% | 19% | 13% | 12% |
| Richmond-Queensborough | 55 | 23% | 26% | 23% | 14% | 16% |
| Richmond-Steveston | 72 | 31% | 24% | 16% | 13% | 16% |
| Saanich North and the Islands | 256 | 34% | 22% | 19% | 15% | 10% |
| Saanich South | 315 | 33% | 21% | 17% | 20% | 9.2% |
| Salmon Arm-Shuswap | 28 | 29% | 23% | 20% | 14% | 14% |
| Skeena | 21 | 33% | 21% | 9.5% | 21% | 14% |
| Surrey City Centre | 58 | 29% | 28% | 16% | 14% | 13% |
| Surrey North | 31 | 17% | 26% | 14% | 24% | 19% |
| Surrey South | 102 | 17% | 23% | 35% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Surrey-Cloverdale | 81 | 28% | 34% | 13% | 17% | 7.4% |
| Surrey-Fleetwood | 66 | 23% | 33% | 19% | 17% | 9.1% |
| Surrey-Guildford | 73 | 14% | 16% | 33% | 20% | 16% |
| Surrey-Newton | 26 | 25% | 23% | 19% | 21% | 12% |
| Surrey-Panorama | 25 | 20% | 22% | 18% | 28% | 12% |
| Surrey-Serpentine River | 56 | 24% | 23% | 28% | 16% | 8.9% |
| Surrey-White Rock | 73 | 27% | 16% | 29% | 16% | 11% |
| Vancouver-Fraserview | 88 | 32% | 25% | 15% | 20% | 7.4% |
| Vancouver-Hastings | 192 | 46% | 26% | 9.9% | 15% | 3.1% |
| Vancouver-Kensington | 138 | 41% | 22% | 14% | 12% | 10% |
| Vancouver-Langara | 92 | 40% | 27% | 15% | 11% | 7.1% |
| Vancouver-Little Mountain | 195 | 37% | 25% | 13% | 17% | 7.2% |
| Vancouver-Point Grey | 129 | 45% | 24% | 12% | 14% | 6.2% |
| Vancouver-Quilchena | 64 | 41% | 23% | 14% | 15% | 7.8% |
| Vancouver-Renfrew | 85 | 39% | 20% | 11% | 11% | 19% |
| Vancouver-South Granville | 222 | 35% | 29% | 15% | 17% | 4.3% |
| Vancouver-Strathcona | 143 | 50% | 20% | 6.3% | 18% | 6.3% |
| Vancouver-West End | 84 | 45% | 22% | 8.3% | 12% | 13% |
| Vancouver-Yaletown | 125 | 23% | 29% | 17% | 16% | 15% |
| Vernon-Lumby | 49 | 22% | 29% | 26% | 16% | 6.1% |
| Victoria-Beacon Hill | 365 | 54% | 15% | 10% | 18% | 3.0% |
| Victoria-Swan Lake | 363 | 41% | 23% | 16% | 15% | 4.8% |
| West Kelowna-Peachland | 67 | 18% | 22% | 30% | 17% | 13% |
| West Vancouver-Capilano | 75 | 21% | 27% | 25% | 17% | 10% |
| West Vancouver-Sea to Sky | 190 | 36% | 27% | 14% | 12% | 12% |
The same measure for each of the 6 regions. 1,047 people did not give a riding and count only in the province-wide totals.
A few of the public replies on Reddit, word for word. Usernames are left off; each one links to the original comment.
I wasn't going to vote because it's been very difficult to research what each option stands for, but thanks to this site I now know exactly who to pick. The biggest help was the reading level option. I'm not very book smart and political stuff goes completely over my head, so having everything explained in simple terms made it make sense.
My son is voting for the first time this year, and he really appreciated the reading levels. Not going to lie... I did too lol
This helped me immensely have more confidence in my vote. Thanks!
Everyone deserves to understand politics and what's happening in their community and shouldn't feel limited by political jargon.
This is the best made vote compass type thing I've taken to date. Great work.
Great quiz. Truly. I was skeptical but I think this is a good tool.
The reading level function on this is excellent. I lowered it for the question on logging policy because I had no idea what it was talking about.
...useful as hell for those who just moved into a new riding like I did and don't have the time to research everyone!
Every voter should engage with this tool if only to become more informed of what's on offer.
This helped me a lot, thank you stranger for building this!
Few people answered like a single party. Of the 5,272 people with at least 10 province-wide answers counted here, 10 picked answers that matched only one party's position. 82% picked answers matching four or all five parties.
How closely a person's answer to each question goes with their other answers, on average. SOGI 123 in schools is linked to the rest more than anything else. A long bar means the answer to that question goes with particular answers elsewhere; a short bar means people's answers on it mixed freely.
Average Cramer's V with the other 12 questions: 0 means answers are unrelated, 1 means one answer always predicts the other.
For each of the six most closely linked pairs of questions, the clearest link between two answers. These show which answers went together. They do not show why.
Of the 841 people who picked “Allow no new fossil fuel projects, end raw log exports, raise royalties (what companies pay for public resources) and tax windfall profits” on the Economy and US tariffs question, 63% also picked “Allow no new fossil fuel projects or pipeline, and fund renewable power and home energy upgrades” on Climate and energy.
Link strength 0.28 · 4,751 people answered both
Of the 972 people who picked “Strengthen the law with a new law setting out how to carry it out, public education, and an expert advisory committee” on the Indigenous rights law (DRIPA) question, 60% also picked “Fully support and expand SOGI 123, and hire more school counsellors” on SOGI 123 in schools.
Link strength 0.27 · 4,312 people answered both
Of the 1,282 people who picked “Decriminalize carrying small amounts again, offer regulated drug alternatives and more supervised sites, and keep care voluntary” on the Toxic drugs and addiction question, 68% also picked “Fully support and expand SOGI 123, and hire more school counsellors” on SOGI 123 in schools.
Link strength 0.26 · 8,619 people answered both
Of the 2,512 people who picked “Raise income assistance to the poverty line and make transit free for young people and seniors, paid for by a tax on large fortunes” on the Cost of living question, 61% also picked “Fully support and expand SOGI 123, and hire more school counsellors” on SOGI 123 in schools.
Link strength 0.26 · 8,534 people answered both
Of the 1,621 people who picked “Allow no new fossil fuel projects, end raw log exports, raise royalties (what companies pay for public resources) and tax windfall profits” on the Economy and US tariffs question, 64% also picked “Fully support and expand SOGI 123, and hire more school counsellors” on SOGI 123 in schools.
Link strength 0.25 · 8,510 people answered both
Of the 427 people who picked “Maximize oil and gas, end carbon pricing for industry, and drop climate targets” on the Climate and energy question, 35% also picked “Repeal SOGI 123, remove all gender-identity content from schools, and pass a parental rights law” on SOGI 123 in schools.
Link strength 0.25 · 5,031 people answered both
Answers on the 13 province-wide questions, most picked first. Each bar takes the colour of the party whose published position it fully matches. Wording is the plain-language reading level most people chose.
Which approach should the province take on the cost of living?
BC expects to spend about $13.8 billion more than it takes in this year. What should it do?
Which approach should the province take on housing costs?
Which approach should the province take on access to family doctors, emergency rooms and surgeries?
After a 2025 court ruling, what should BC do with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act?
Should the province repeal, step back from, keep or expand SOGI 123, optional school materials on sexual orientation and gender identity?
BC's toxic drug emergency is ten years old. What approach should the province take now?
Which approach should the province take on crime and public safety?
With American tariffs and slow growth, what should BC's plan for the economy be?
What direction should BC take on climate change and energy?
What should the province's priorities be for child care and for schools from kindergarten to Grade 12?
Should BC keep no-fault car insurance, bring back lawsuits for serious injuries, or open insurance to competition?
How much power should the province use, and should BC change its voting system?
People who gave their riding also answered three questions for their region. Questions with fewer than 30 answers are not shown.
How should the province finish the SkyTrain line and fund TransLink, the regional transit agency, after 2028?
How should the province respond to extortion, threats demanding money, in Surrey while the city changes police forces?
How should the province handle Surrey's new hospital under construction, its busy emergency room and its crowded schools?
TransLink says it needs at least $112 million a year in new money from 2028. What should the province do about transit in Metro Vancouver?
A 2025 ruling recognized Cowichan title over Richmond land with private homes. How should the province handle homeowners and title claims?
Sixteen Metro Vancouver mayors want the 2023 density laws undone. Keep the rules, add to them, or give councils back the say?
The province proposed letting food plants use some lower-quality land in the Agricultural Land Reserve. What should happen?
Highway 1 widening is funded to Highway 11 in Abbotsford by 2031 and only planned to Chilliwack. Where should the next money go?
Mission Memorial's emergency room cut overnight hours for 51 nights in a row earlier this year for lack of doctors. What should come first?
BC Ferries has cancelled sailings, long waits, rising demand and a dispute over where ships are built. What should come first?
The Crofton pulp mill has closed, and old-growth logging is still argued over on the Island. What should be done with Island forests?
Nanaimo's hospital tower and cardiac lab are funded for planning, not construction, and a Campbell River care home was paused. What should come first?
After the Bald Range fire near Summerland, where should the province put its main wildfire money and effort before next summer?
Kelowna's council wants a regional involuntary care facility and its downtown consumption site closed. What should be done?
Budget 2026 paused seven care home builds including Kelowna's, and a private 250-bed Vernon project was pulled. What now?
Northern mills, including Prince George's Northwood pulp mill, are closing, and companies cite fibre supply. How should the harvest be set?
Kitimat's gas export plant is doubling, and more plants, mines and a power line are proposed. How should the province decide on them?
Emergency rooms in Fort St. James, Chetwynd, Hudson's Hope and 100 Mile House keep closing for lack of staff. What comes first?
10,277 people in 10,025 quiz sessions; up to four people could answer together, and each person counts once. 89 answered in a language other than English. The reading level each person picked changes the wording only, not the answers or scores.
The busiest day was October 24, with 1,502 people sharing their answers.
From October 19 at 10:08 PM Pacific, the site also counted every finished quiz, whether or not people shared. In that time 5,983 people finished in 5,826 sessions, and 81% of sessions shared their answers.
Finished sessions since then, by the kind of site people arrived from. Only the category is recorded, never the address.
Only people who left the share box ticked are counted. Names and IP addresses were never collected. Answers after polls closed are not included. Rows without a BC riding or a BC location are left out (119 in total). Every answer is scored again with the final version of the quiz, which used party positions published by October 18, 2026.
The totals are in results.json. The scoring code, every party score and its sources are public at github.com/vinistoisr/bc-vote-helper. All stored answers will be deleted on November 23, 2026.
Totals made October 24 at 10:06 PM Pacific. This page is in English only.