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One of the passing theories on why the pollsters who published results failed to properly forecast the outcome of the 2013 British Columbia provincial election points to a disenchanted youth electorate.

That theory appeared to hold ground for a couple of years, until British Columbians voted in the 2015 Canadian federal election.

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Those who overweighted the vote from older voters — in a specific case offering two distinct turnout models — were wrong. The federal Liberal Party captured 35 per cent of the vote in British Columbia, an immense change from the 13 per cent it garnered in 2011.

B.C.’s youngest voters took the federal Liberals from distant third to clear first in the province. What will they do in this year’s provincial election?

An Insights West poll outlines three key indicators that may provide comfort to the opposition: 69 per cent of B.C.’s millennials feel it’s time for a change in government, 61 per cent disapprove of the incumbent premier’s performance and 57 per cent claim they would be “very upset” if the B.C. Liberals are re-elected.