As Vancouver’s municipal election approaches, a recent poll reveals a neck-and-neck mayoral race between Green Party candidate Pete Fry and incumbent Ken Sim. Fry holds a slight lead with 28% of decided voters supporting him, while Sim closely follows at 27%. Vancouver Liberal candidate Kareem Allam trails behind at 19%.
According to the Canada Pulse Insights poll conducted for CityNews and OMNI TV, Fry maintains a marginal lead over Sim among voters who are certain to vote or have already done so, with 29% favoring Fry and 28% backing Sim.
Not far behind are TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate Colleen Hardwick at 13%, Vote Vancouver’s Rebecca Bligh at 7%, and Bright Future Vancouver’s Muhammad Ahmad at 3%. This diverse field, as noted by John Wright, CEO of Canada Pulse Insights, presents a close and competitive race with potential frontrunners emerging.
Wright emphasizes the importance of voter turnout, highlighting how even a small percentage of undecided or less committed voters can sway the outcome significantly. With 10% of respondents still undecided, the upcoming Thanksgiving weekend may provide an opportunity for discussions that could influence their choices before Election Day on Oct. 17.
The poll surveyed 500 adult Vancouver residents from Sept. 28 to Oct. 6, indicating a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
