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The B.C. Green party has seen a jump in support from decided and leaning voters on Vancouver Island, according to the latest weekly Mainstreet polling numbers released ahead of the May 9 provincial election.

Andrew Weaver’s Greens went from 22 per cent support among those voters to 26 per cent, apparently pulling support evenly from the two leading parties. Premier Christy Clark’s Liberals dropped from 32 to 30 per cent, while John Horgan’s New Democrats went from 40 per cent to 38 per cent among Island voters.

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The gap between the Greens and the other two parties widens, however, when the undecided “leaning” voters are excluded. Island voters calling themselves undecided stand at 25 per cent, up one percentage point from the previous week.

Those Island voters expressing a clear preference total 17 per cent for the Greens, 30 per cent for the NDP and 23 per cent for the Liberals.

Provincewide, decided Green support grew over the previous week, from 10 per cent to 12 per cent. The Liberals and NDP both dropped among B.C.’s decided voters, from 27 to 26 per cent for the Liberals, and from 32 per cent to 30 per cent for the NDP. The Conservatives led by Corbin Mitchell held steady at eight per cent of decided voters.