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One-third of North Shore residents say they are boycotting the Beijing Olympics: poll

Only about half of North Vancouver and West Vancouver residents paying attention.
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Moose Jaw’s Graeme Fish skates in the 10,000 metres at the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games. Canadian Press

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are coming to a close. Canada has had some bright moments, including the women's hockey team taking gold, as well as a silver and bronze in women's freeski halfpipe.

But almost half of the North Shore's residents have been tuned out. A third say they are boycotting.

The North Shore News polled 1,233 readers and asked the question: Are you watching the Beijing Winter Olympics?

The poll ran from Feb. 7 to 18 on our website. Of the 1,233 votes, we can determine that 451 are from within the North Shore community. The full results are as follows:

Yes, I'm always here to cheer for Canada's athletes. 34.81% local, 30.82% total    
I had planned to sit this one out, but I am still tuning in. 18.18% local, 15.57% total    
No, I am personally boycotting this Olympics. 33.92% local, 37.47% total    
I never watch the Games. 13.08% local, 16.14% total    
  Local   Total

The closing ceremonies are scheduled for Sunday. Due to the time difference, the ceremony will be happening in the middle of the night for local viewers, starting at 3 a.m. Sunday.

Results are based on an online study of adult North Shore News readers who are located in North Vancouver and West Vancouver. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 2.78%, 19 times out of 20.

North Shore 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.