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maltatoday SUNDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2017 11 MaltaToday Survey Northern Harbour Southern Harbour South-Eastern PL PN PD AD Others Not voting Don't know Voting intentions according to voters in 2017 election 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Perceptions according to voting preference in 2017 election 1 "There is a climate of fear in the country after Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder" 2 "The Police Commissioner is performing his job well" 3 "Malta is a mafia state" 4 "Everywhere you look there is corruption" 5 "The country is doing well" PL PN AD PD Others Not voting Don't know No reply NOW PN voters in 2017 PL voters in 2017 Respondents were asked who they would vote for in a general election CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 A breakdown by age reveals that Muscat is trusted more than Delia across all age groups. The level of no confidence in both leaders is most prevalent in the youngest generation. The level of distrust recedes with age - 40.6% of 18 to 35 year-olds trust neither Muscat nor Delia, dropping to 16.8% in the 65+ segment. Muscat's highest result is among those aged between 36 and 50, where he manages a trust rating of 68.9%. His lowest at 42.9% is registered among those aged 65 and over. Delia's highest trust rating is among those aged 65 and over, where he commands the trust of 35.3%. How- ever, he registers a dismal 3.1% trust rating among those aged between 36 and 50. In the younger generation (18-35), Muscat enjoys a trust rating of 46.8% while Delia only manages 9.6%. Methodology The survey wass carried out be- tween 13 and 16 November. The total number of respondents was 497 giv- ing a margin of error of +/-5% for a confidence level of 95%. Stratified random sampling was used to gen- erate the sample. The sample was weighted according to gender, age, geographical region and response according to the June 2017 election. The regions are based on the classifi- cation used by the National Statistics Office. Perception survey Respondents were read five state- ments in sequence and asked to rate between 1 and 10 their level of agree- ment with the statement. Scores thereon were categorised as mostly disagree (1-3), neither agree or disa- gree (4-7) and mostly agree (8-10). PN PL ALL 48.1% 35.9% 16.0% 4.2% 13.0% 77.8% 21.4% 57.1% 19.7% 50.0% 46.1% 25.1% 48.2% 25.6% 9.9% 10.5% 79.0% 73.4% 17.5% 3.7% 87.0% 8.7% 24.6% 64.8% 95.0% 26.3% 21.9% 51.5% 41.5% 16.3% 38.5% 13.5% 29.5% 55.7% 27.1% 35.0% 36.9% 62.4% 24.2% 12.8% 22.5% 29.0% 48.2% 36.0% 17.9% 40.6% 11.2% 31.0% 54.6% 24.0% 41.5% 33.0% 57.0% 22.2% 19.3% 18.4% 22.4% 58.0% 35.8% 22.3% 38.4% 18.9% 21.4% 58.9% 11.9% 47.0% 40.3% 72.3% 21.0% 5.8% 28.2% 14.2% 57.5% 47.8% 12.5% 37.4% 9.0% 23.5% 66.3% 33.8% 24.8% 39.3% 68.7% 20.8% 10.5% Now (%) Change (pp) PL 49.8% 3.4pp PN 20.7% -1.2pp PD 0.6% 0.4pp AD 3.1% 2.9pp Others 0.0% 0 Not Voting 15.7% -1pp Don't know 6.5% -6.4pp 49.8% 20.7% 3.1% 15.7% 6.5% 54.1% 3.1% 24.5% 11.3% 93.2% LEGEND Mostly disagree 1-3 Neither agree nor disagree 4-7 Strongly agree 8-10 LEGEND Mostly disagree 1-3 Neither agree nor disagree 4-7 Strongly agree 8-10