Gap between Tories, NDP narrows to 6 points in 11th-hour polling

Gap between Tories, NDP narrows to 6 points in 11th-hour polling
GLORIA GALLOWAY
OTTAWA— Globe and Mail Update
Posted on Sunday, May 1, 2011 8:59AM EDT

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The race between the Conservatives and the New Democrats appears to be tightening in what has become a dramatic race in the home stretch.

A new poll conducted by Nanos Research for The Globe and Mail and CTV suggests a gap of about just six percentage points between Stephen Harper’s Conservatives and Jack Layton’s New Democratic Party as Canadians prepare to head to the polls Monday.

The telephone survey, carried out between April 28 and April 30, indicate the Conservatives had the support of 37 per cent of decided voters, compared to 30.6 per cent for the NDP and 22.7 per cent for the trailing Liberals.

The random sample of 1,068 people is expected to reflect the broad opinions of Canadians within 3 percentage points 19 times out of 20.