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14 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 22 DECEMBER 2019 MALTATODAY SURVEY The popular MEP has a high trust rating among university-educated voters (29.7%) and younger voters (17% among 18-35 and 16% among 36-50); overall trust (12.9%) is higher than Delia, but less among those who say they will vote PN now (22.3%) In with a showing are the criminal defence lawyer Joe Giglio and the Nationalist MP Claudio Grech, although Giglio scores a higher trust among PN voters (13%) than Claudio Grech Bernard Grech 15.1% trust rating Roberta Metsola 12.9% trust rating Adrian Delia 10.7% trust rating Joe Giglio 5.9% trust Claudio Grech 3.4% trust Bernard Grech and Roberta Metsola trusted more than Adrian Delia CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Another outsider whose name has often been floated is that of lawyer Joe Giglio, who scored a trust rating of 5.9%, eclipsing PN MP Clau- dio Grech, who could only muster 3.4%. The numbers suggest that the Bernard Grech-Roberta Metsola tandem has the wid- est appeal across the country but no single person manages to forge ahead everywhere. Metsola emerges ahead in Gozo (27.1%), the North- ern Region (17.9%) and the South-East (14.5%). Bernard Grech comes on top in the Northern Harbour re- gion (21%), the Southern Har- bour (8%) and the Western region (26.7%). Delia places second in Gozo (12.6%), the Northern region (16.7%), the Northern Harbour (12.6%) and the Southern Har- bour (6.2%). Metsola's appeal is stronger among the younger voters. She scores a trust rating of 17.8% among those aged between 18 and 35, ahead of Bernard Grech with 13.3%. The PN MEP retains her lead among those aged between 36 and 50 with a trust rating of 16.4% – she is followed by De- lia (14.2%) and Grech (12.6%). But Metsola trails off in the older age groups, posting a dis- mal result among those aged 65 and over, where she comes in fourth with 6%. Bernard Grech emerges as the most trusted among those aged 51 to 65, where he secures 19.1%, followed by Metsola with 10.1%, and Giglio (9.1%). Among pensioners, Delia confirms his strength, scoring 18.5%, followed by Bernard Grech with 15.4% and Giglio with 8.8%. The results suggest that Met- sola holds appeal among the younger cohorts but is unable to post good results among those aged 50 and over, where Bernard Grech appears to car- ry more gravitas. Again, it is the Bernard-Rob- erta tandem and not a single person that carries sway across all age groups. Labour candidates still win trust battle The exercise also asked re- spondents who they trusted most between Delia's poten- tial replacements and the two Labour leadership hopefuls, Chris Fearne and Robert Ab- ela. The results spell good news for the PL because Fearne and Abela emerge ahead, irrespec- tive of who their PN rival may be. Fearne scores a consistent trust rating of more than 53% against all the PN names, con- firming the high trust rating he achieved in the last survey held earlier this month against Adrian Delia – the PL hopeful scored over 60%. Abela also beats each of his rivals with a trust rating that ranges between 49.9% (when compared to Bernard Grech) and 52.6% (when compared to Claudio Grech). The results show that Fearne has an edge over Abela in terms of trust levels. Metsola posts the best trust performance against both La- bour contenders, edging out Bernard Grech. Against Fearne, Metsola scores 34%, while Bernard Grech comes in at 31.5%. Against Abela, Metsola scores 35.7%, while Grech obtains PN leader Adrian Delia can count on a sizeable PN following (27.4% trust rating) even though he is pipped by Bernard Grech. He is more trusted by those aged 36-50 and mainly among those aged 65, and with a primary and second education. He has less of a following in the south than, for example, Metsola, who can bank on a 14.5% trust rating from the south-eastern region. He definitely suffers in the young and university-educated vote, when compared to Grech and Metsola Bernard Grech Roberta Metsola Joe Giglio Claudio Grech 31.5% vs 53.3% 34.8% vs 49.9% 34% vs 53.2% 35.7% vs 50.1% 29.8% vs 53.1% 32.6% vs 50.1% 29.8% vs 53.8% 29.1% vs 52.6% Chris Fearne Robert Abela Trust rating of PN 'papabili' versus Labour leadership contenders Respondents to MaltaToday Survey asked whom they trust the most to lead the PN FULL RESULTS WILL BE ONLINE TOMORROW Metsola holds appeal among the younger cohorts but is unable to post good results among those aged 50 and over, where Bernard Grech appears to carry more gravitas Lawyer whose first foray was in the anti-divorce campaign, Grech enjoys a higher trust rating than Delia, which rises to 28.5% among those who say they will vote PN now, and is especially liked by those aged 51 and over, and considerably from the northern harbour and western regions