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“(Having) These numbers at this stage of the game doesn’t point to a change type of election,” he said. “It doesn’t mean the campaign won’t reveal this sentiment in the population, but right now it doesn’t feel like a ‘change’ election.”

At this time before the 2013 elections, polls had the NDP up by a commanding lead over the Liberals, even though the Liberals went on to pull off an upset victory.

According to the survey results, about two thirds of Liberal and NDP voters say they are locked into their vote and won’t change their minds.

The overall number of undecided voters in B.C., at 31 per cent, is startling, said Maggi. “It’s higher than what it was back in September,” he said. “It’s like the closer we get, the more uncertain it is.”

The Liberal government’s budget announcement Tuesday and the NDP’s yet-to-be-unveiled election platform, which leader John Horgan has said will including raising minimum wage and a $10 a day child care program, are expected to sway undecided voters during the spring campaign.

The B.C. Greens enjoy a level of support about 10 percentage points higher than what they received in 2013. But it also shows the party having the least committed voters. Only 36 per cent of Green voters say they are locked in with their vote; 48 per cent said they might still change their minds.

This figure could bode well for the NDP, said Maggi. Among Green voters who are most likely to change their minds, 51 per cent said they’d vote for the NDP as their second choice while only 11 per cent said they’d swing Liberal.