A new poll from Ipsos Reid puts the New Democratic Party's lead at six percentage points in the race to Tuesday's B.C. election.

The Ipsos online poll suggests the following standings: NDP 43 per cent, B.C. Liberal 37 per cent, B.C. Conservative seven per cent, Green party 10 per cent, others three per cent.

The poll may indicate a continued tightening in the election race. The last Ipsos poll, conducted April 30 to May 2, suggested a 10-point lead for the NDP. Today's poll, conducted Wednesday, May 8 and Thursday, May 9, found a two-point drop in support for the NDP and a two-point increase for the Liberals.

It must be noted, however, that both changes are within the poll's stated credibility interval of plus or minus 4.0 points. The standings for the B.C. Conservatives and Green party were unchanged since the last Ipsos poll.

Today's poll suggests things are firming up as election day approaches. Only 11 per cent of the poll's decided voters said there is a good chance they will switch their vote to another party. That's down four points from the last Ipsos poll.

The overall Ipsos sample included 10 per cent who said they were undecided or had no preference. That's down three points since the last Ipsos poll.

A new poll from B.C.'s other big political pollster, Angus Reid, is expected later today.

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

* 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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