With the debates over and the halfway point behind them heading towards the May 2 election, the Conservatives hold a 10-point lead over the Liberals.

The latest results from pollster Nanos Research released Friday morning showed the Conservatives with a steady hold on the lead they have maintained for much of the election.

Following are the results at the end of a three-day tracking period ending Thursday night.

  • Conservatives: 38.7 per cent
  • Liberals: 28.8 per cent
  • New Democrats: 18.6 per cent
  • Bloc: 9 per cent
  • Green Party: 3.7 per cent

The Conservative numbers are in line with the 37.6 per cent support they claimed in the 2008 election and the 38.6 per cent they held according to polling results released on March 15.

The other parties were all within 1.5 percentage points of the support they had on March 15, according to Nanos polling.

The new poll shows the NDP's support is growing in B.C., where the party is up to 23 per cent, up from a low point of around 12 per cent in the province earlier in the campaign.

In the 2008 election the NDP received 26.1 per cent of the vote in B.C., surpassing the Liberals at 19.3 per cent.

The Conservatives are still leading with 38.7 per cent in B.C. though their numbers have been on the decline since hitting a high point of around 50 per cent support earlier in the campaign.

The Liberals currently hold 26.6 per cent support in the province, according to the poll.

The Conservatives continue to hold a strong lead in Atlantic Canada, with 43.3 per cent support compared to the Liberals' 34.7 per cent.

The Conservatives are also ahead in the Prairies, with 56.5 per cent support compared to the Liberals' 24.2 per cent.

The Liberals and Conservatives are statistically tied in Ontario with 39 and 39.7 per cent support respectively.

The Bloc has a 17-point lead in Quebec.

A total of 53.6 per cent of those polled said party policies were the key driver that would affect their vote, followed by 23.4 per cent who listed the party leader as their main motivator, and 11.6 per cent who based their vote on their local candidate.

Methodology:

A national random telephone survey is conducted nightly by Nanos Research throughout the campaign. Each evening a new group of 400 eligible voters are interviewed. The daily tracking figures are based on a three-day rolling sample comprised of 1,200 interviews. To update the tracking a new day of interviewing is added and the oldest day dropped.

The margin of error for a survey of 1,200 respondents is plus-minus 2.8%, 19 times out of 20.