A new poll from Angus Reid gives the New Democratic Party a nine-point lead over the governing BC Liberals.

It follows an Ipsos poll released earlier Friday that suggests a six point NDP lead.

Today's Angus Reid poll gives the NDP 45 per cent support, the Liberals 36 per cent, the BC Conservative party six per cent, and the Green party nine per cent. Detailed data on the poll were not immediately available, but the numbers suggest support for independents and other parties at four per cent.

The Reid poll was conducted online for CTV and the Globe and Mail Thursday and today. It suggests a two-point increase in the NDP's lead over the Liberals from the last Reid poll, which was conducted May 1 and 2.

The new poll indicates a four-percentage-point increase for the NDP over the earlier poll. It also indicates a two-percentage-point increase in support for the Liberals, a four-point drop for the Conservatives and a three-point drop for the Greens. All shifts are within the two polls' combined margins of error.

The new Angus Reid poll is notable because it presented respondents with a copy of the ballot for their riding. In other polls, respondents may state a preference for a party, such as the Conservatives or Greens, that does not have a candidate in their riding.

The poll was conducted among a sample of 808 adult British Columbians. It states a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

Polling for B.C. election 2013 as of May 10, 2013

Company	Date	Lib	NDP	Cons	Green	Other	Method	Sample	+/-
Angus Reid	17-18 Jan	31	46	10	10	3	Online	802	3.5
Mustel	11-21 Jan	33	43	11	11	2	Phone	509	4.3
Justason	25 Jan - 1 Feb	26	48	12	11	3	Phone-online	600	4
Ekos	1-10 Feb	27.4	39	14.6	13.5	5.5	IVR*	687	3.7
Angus Reid	22-21 Feb	31	47	9	10	3	Online	803	3.5
Ipsos	8-12 Mar	32	51	9	7	1	Online	1,000	3.1
Angus Reid	18-19 Mar	28	48	11	11	2	Online	809	3.5
Insights West	26-31 Mar	28	45	10	15	2	Online	855	3.4
Ekos	3-10 Apr	27.3	39.3	13.4	16.2	3.8	IVR*	793	3.5
Angus Reid	12-13 Apr	28	45	12	13	3	Online	804	3.5
Ipsos	11-14 Apr	29	48	11	9	3	Online	800	3.5
Angus Reid	24-25 Apr	31	45	11	10	3	Online	812	3.5
Justason	15-23 Apr	27	49	12	11	1	Phone-online	600	4
Abacus	23-26 Apr	33	43	9	12	3	Online	1,042	3.1
Forum	30 Apr	35	39	9	12	3	IVR*	1,055	3
Insights West	29 Apr-2 May	33	41	11	14	1	Online	855	3.4
Angus Reid	1-2 May	34	41	10	12	3	Online	808	3.5
Ipsos	30 Apr-2 May	35	45	7	10	3	Online	1,000	3.5
Hill + Knowlton	7-8 May	34.6	41.1	7.5	13.6	3.3	Online	804	**
Ipsos	8-9 May	37	43	7	10	3	Online	800	4.0
Angus Reid	9-10 May	36	45	6	9	4	Online	808	3.5

* Interactive Voice Response

** Not stated

Note: The margins of error given here are those provided by the pollster. In some cases, the sampling error stated may refer to the overall sample, including undecided respondents; the margin of error for decided or decided and leaning respondents will be larger in those cases. For details, click the links in the chart for the methodology of each poll.

For more about polling issues, see this story and this story.

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