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Survey of Election Officers following the 41st Federal General Election

Section 13: Demographics (Unweighted)

Total ATL. QC ON MAN SASK AB BC TER.
N 3,213 323 732 1,120 143 165 302 400 28
Gender
· Male 34% 21%- 32% 38%+ 33% 31% 27%- 42%+ 18%
· Female 66% 79%+ 68% 62%- 67% 69% 73%+ 58%- 82%
Age
· Under 18 1% 0% 1% 1% 2% 1% 1% 2% 0%
· 18-24 7% 3%- 8% 9% 5% 3%- 6% 12%+ 7%
· 25-34 6% 3%- 7% 7% 4% 3% 5% 6% 11%
· 35-44 6% 6% 6% 7% 2%- 6% 6% 5% 11%
· 45-64 44% 46% 48%+ 41%- 49% 48% 38%- 43% 28%
· 65+ 35% 42%+ 30%- 35% 39% 39% 41%+ 32% 44%
Ethnic/Cultural Background
· White/Caucasian 86% 96%+ 92%+ 80%- 86% 92%+ 89% 84% 55%
· Chinese 2% 0%- 0%- 2% 0% 0% 2% 7%+ 0%
· East Asian 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% 1%+ 0%
· South Asian/East Indian 3% 0%- 0%- 6%+ 4% 0%- 4% 4% 1%
· Southeast Asian 1% 0% 0% 1%+ 0% 0% 0% 0% 4%
· Filipino 0% 0% 0% 0% 1%+ 0% 0% 0% 0%
· Black (Africa/Caribbean) 4% 1%- 4% 6%+ 0%- 0%- 1%- 1%- 3%-
· Latin American 1% 0% 1% 1%+ 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
· West Asian/Northern African/Arab 1% 0% 2%+ 0%- 0% 0% 1% 2% 0%
· Native/Aboriginal 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0% 28%
· Other visible minorities 1% 1% 0%- 1% 3%+ 2% 1% 1% 7%
· Refusal 1% 0% 1% 1% 5%+ 4%+ 1% 1% 1%


Total ATL. QC ON MAN SASK AB BC TER.
N 3,213 323 732 1,120 143 165 302 400 28
Type of Poll
  ·  Advance Poll 9% 6%- 17%+ 1%- 14%+ 11% 10% 14%+ 29%
  ·  Ordinary Poll on Election Day 89% 92% 83%- 97%+ 81%- 79%- 87% 85%- 70%
  ·  Mobile Poll 2% 3% 1%- 1% 5%+ 10%+ 3% 1% 1%
Staffing Position
  ·  Central poll supervisor (CPS) 13% 15% 12% 10% 22%+ 13% 16% 19%+ 7%
  ·  Deputy returning officer (DRO) 70% 76%+ 68% 76%+ 59%- 72% 73% 51%- 56%
  ·  Information officer (IO) 17% 9%- 20%+ 14%- 19% 15% 11% 31%+ 37%