19 times out of 20

I dunno. This makes no sense to me:

Halfway through the B.C. election campaign the race for the leadership is tighter than ever.

The BC Liberals and New Democrat parties are separated by just three percentage points, according to a new Angus Reid Strategies/CTV poll.

The online survey of 822 voters found the BC Liberals are holding top spot with 42 per cent, with the opposing NDP not far behind at 39 per cent. The Green Party remains in third place with 13 per cent.

The same poll shows that, by a wide margin, the public thinks the economy is the number one issue. And that, by a margin of three to one -- 48% to 16 -- they pick the Liberals’ Gordon Campbell as the best person to handle it. Nearly two to one -- 40% to 23% -- also prefer Campbell as "best premier." Yet the Liberals are only three points ahead?

Going into the campaign, the Liberals enjoyed a 17-point lead. Nothing much has happened since. The NDP have run a scattershot, unfocused campaign. And suddenly they’re only three points behind?

Colour me skeptical.