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13 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 3 MARCH 2019 MALTATODAY SURVEY trust none of the two political leaders, while 9.8% trust Mus- cat. Muscat earns trust of PN voters Meanwhile, the Labour leader maintains his stratospheric rat- ing. Muscat's strongest perfor- mance is among those aged 51 to 65 (60.3%) and in the South- ern Harbour region where he is trusted by 60.5% of people. Trust in Muscat runs higher than the intention to vote PL among those who supported the party in the last general election. The Prime Minister appears to enjoy currency with 94.7% of those who voted PL in 2017, with only 0.8% saying they trust Delia. Significantly, Muscat also gains the trust of 9.8% of those who voted PN in the general election, which suggests the PL could possibly see a new wave of disgruntled PN voters com- ing its way. The trust gap between the two leaders now runs at 39 points. A quarter of voters say they trust none of the two major leaders and 4.7% are unsure who they should place their trust in. ksansone@mediatoday.com.mt PHOTO: JAMES BIANCHI Buildling trust: the slogan chosen by the PN for its General Council... but Delia is not generating much of it Gozo Northern Northern Harbour South Eastern Southern Harbour Western 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 50.9% 24.6% 17.8% 6.7% 45.1% 12.2% 28.8% 13.9% 58.0% 17.4% 20.8% 58.7% 19.9% 15.8% 60.5% 10.5% 28.9% 48.0% 16.5% 35.5% Joseph Muscat Adrian Delia Neither Don't Know For which political party will you vote for if a general election is held tomorrow? PL PN AD PD Do not know No vote 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 42.3% 27.3% 13.9% -5.4pp 13.2% March (%) PP change from Feb 2019 Voting intentions among different categories of voters All PL 2017 PN 2017 Did not vote 2017 Male Female 18-35 36-50 51-65 65+ Primary Secondary Post-Sec Tertiary Gozo Northern Northern Harbour South Eastern Southern Harbour Western 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 42.3% 27.3% 13.9% 13.2% 79.2% 10.3% 9.7% 68.4% 14.8% 6.5% 5.9% 29.0% 51.0% 42.2% 22.2% 11.6% 17.7% 42.4% 33.1% 16.4% 8.1% 62.3% 27.8% 6.2% 51.1% 22.7% 11.8% 14.3% 32.4% 24.6% 20.1% 19.1% 24.1% 36.0% 18.5% 11.2% 36.1% 16.7% 20.9% 19.5% 37.1% 34.1% 18.2% 10.7% 48.7% 22.5% 9.9% 15.2% 50.8% 41.3% 43.0% 36.3% 20.7% 37.0% 26.8% 9.1% 18.1% 38.3% 28.2% 19.8% 12.5% 53.2% 31.1% 8.6% 47.4% 17.4% 13.1% 17.0% 39.3% 32.8% 13.4% 14.6% PL PN AD PD Don't know No vote THE European election could be fertile ground for third par- ties to flourish but survey re- sults so far suggest they will have little success come May. Support for the Democratic Party runs at 0.9%, while that for Alternattiva Demokratika stands at 0.6%. Both have reg- istered slight increases over the February results but no- where near becoming a force to be reckoned with. While people have indicated AD as an option when asked which party they will vote for in May, none of its two candi- dates (Carmel Cacopardo and Mina Tolu) were flagged when people were asked which can- didate will get the number one vote. However, the name of for- mer AD chairperson Arnold Cassola, who has since parted ways and will be contesting as an independent, did crop up. These results have to be in- terpreted with caution be- cause the numbers are very small and fall well within the survey's margin of error. However, it has to be seen whether people who sup- port AD will choose to trans- fer their vote to Cassola next May. On its part, the PD fails to capitalise on the fact that it has two MPs in the national parliament, making no pro- gress over the past 12 months. PD is fielding three candi- dates for the European elec- tion – Anthony Buttigieg, Martin Cauchi Inglott and Cami Appelgren. The results show that PD and AD, primarily draw sup- port from voters who voted for the PN in the last general election. Small parties make no mark Which political party will you vote for if a general election is held tomorrow?