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   Read the numbers, and you'll see why.  And remember that Angus Reid is a   
   rightwing-leaning pollster company.   
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   CBC News - Posted: May 10, 2013   
      
   B.C. Liberals narrow gap with NDP, says poll   
   NDP lead shrinks to 6 percentage points in final days of campaign.   
      
      
      
   The B.C. Liberals have further narrowed the gap and now trail the NDP by   
   six points, according to an Ipsos Reid poll.   
      
   The poll of 800 adult British Columbians, taken Wednesday and Thursday,   
   indicates the NDP has 43 per cent of the decided vote, down five points   
   from the start of the campaign, while the Liberals sit at 37 per cent   
   support, up eight points from the start of the campaign.   
      
        According to an Angus Reid poll, the Liberals trailed the NDP by   
   seven points last week   
      
   The Green Party is in third place with 10 per cent, followed by the   
   Conservatives at seven per cent.   
      
   The NDP maintains an eight-point lead in Metro Vancouver with 46 per   
   cent. On Vancouver Island, the NDP has a 12-point lead, down from 20, at   
   44 per cent support compared to the Liberals’ 32 per cent.   
      
   The Liberals and NDP are tied in the southern Interior and the north.   
      
   The New Democrats continue to lead with female voters, at 48 per cent   
   support compared to the Liberals’ 33 per cent. The Liberals are leading   
   by four points among male voters.   
   INTERACTIVE Leaders at a glance   
      
   On leadership, Christy Clark now leads Adrian Dix by three points as   
   best premier, an improvement from a 13-point deficit for Clark at the   
   start of the campaign.    <<===  [AND IF YOU BELIEVE THAT, THEN YOU   
   DESERVE THE HST].   
      
   Currently, 34 per cent choose Clark as best premier. Dix is selected by   
   31 points of voters, down from 36 per cent at the start of the campaign.   
      
   John Cummins is selected by eight per cent, up one point, and Jane Sterk   
   by seven per cent, down one point.   
      
   Clark has gained three points among male voters, giving her a 10-point   
   lead with 39 per cent support to Dix’s 29 per cent.   
      
   Dix, however, has lost nine points, with women, giving him a six-point   
   lead at 34 per cent to Clark’s 28 per cent.   
      
   B.C.'s next provincial election is on Tuesday, May 14.   
      
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