Surrey Issues Study

September 6-8, 2019

n=400, Margin of Error +4.9%

1. Thinking about how things are going in Surrey right now, do you think things are going
in the right direction or the wrong track?

Right direction 37%

Wrong track 42%
Neither 10%
Don't know 11%
Refused 0%

Do you have a strongly favourable, somewhat favourable, somewhat unfavourable or very

unfavourable opinion of each of the following people and organizations:

2. Mayor Doug McCallum

3. The RCMP

Mayor Doug The RCMP

McCallum

Very favourable 7% 44%

Somewhat favourable 25% 37%
Somewhat unfavourable 20% 5%
Very unfavourable 26% 5%
Do not recognize this 6% 0%
name
Don't know 14% 7%
Refused 2% 1%

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Recently, there has been some discussion about replacing the RCMP in Surrey with a new Surrey
Police Force. Do you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose
each of the following ideas [ROTATE]:
4. Getting the RCMP out of Surrey and replacing it with a Surrey Police Force?

Strongly support 17%

Somewhat support 21%
Somewhat oppose 16%
Strongly oppose 38%
Don't know 7%
Refused 1%

5. Keeping the RCMP in Surrey, but creating a local police board?

Strongly support 32%

Somewhat support 32%
Somewhat oppose 9%
Strongly oppose 18%
Don't know 9%
Refused 0%

Methodology and Margin of Error:

This survey of 400 Surrey residents was conducted from September 6-8, 2019 using live
interviewers and included landlines and wireless phone numbers. The study was sponsored by
the “Keep RCMP in Surrey”. The sampling margin of error for a study of this size is +4.9%
nineteen times out of twenty.

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