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10 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 21 JUNE 2020 MALTATODAY SURVEY KURT SANSONE ROBERT Abela's trust rating has slipped to its lowest level since becoming prime minister in January despite still running at 54.5%, a MaltaToday survey found. The Prime Minister's rating in June was almost eight points less than the last trust rating polled in April at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. No trust barometer was held in May. Although the survey did not indicate the reasons for this slip, it was held after the gov- ernment gave in to pressure and allowed the disem- barkation of more than 400 mi- grants kept in detention on ships outside ter- ritorial wa- ters. The dip in the Prime M i n i s t e r ' s f o r t u n e s , however, did not serve to boost Opposition leader Adrian Delia's standing, who only registered a margin- al increase of half a percentage point. Delia's trust rating ran at 17.8%, almost 37 points behind Abela. The Prime Minister trumped Delia among women and men, across all age groups and all re- gions. Abela's strongest trust rating was registered in the Southern Harbour area where he scored an impressive 75.4%, followed by Gozo where he registered 62.4%. In the South-Eastern re- gion, he scored 58.9%. Abela's lowest score was in the Northern Harbour with 40.5%, although this was also the region with the highest number of peo- ple (38.3%), who trusted none of the two leaders. On a regional basis, Delia's highest trust rating was in the Northern region with 22.3%, fol- lowed by the Northern Harbour with 21.3%. His lowest result was in the Southern Harbour with 12.7%, followed by Gozo where he scored 13%. The Prime Minister enjoyed the highest level of trust among those aged between 51 and 65 (57.5%) and his lowest among those aged between 18 and 35 (51.2%). Delia's strongest appeal was among those aged 65 and over, where he registered 26.8%. His lowest result was achieved among those aged between 18 and 35 (11.8%). The young were also the most sceptical of both leaders with 36.5% of those aged between 18 and 35 trusting no one. The survey showed that 92.9% of those who voted for the PL in the last general election trust Abela, while 2.4% trust Delia. The situation remained pre- carious for the Opposition lead- er among the PN's 2017 voters. Delia managed to earn the trust of 40.9% of those who voted PN but almost half (49.1%) trusted no one and 10.1% trusted his ri- val Abela. The number of PN voters who trusted Abela has slumped from 25.9% in April but this has not benefitted Delia, who retained the same trust rating as that achieved a couple of months ago among his party's supporters. Abela's trust takes a hit but Delia fails to benefit Robert Abela Adrian Delia Neither Don't know -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 54.5% -7.9pp 17.8% 27.2% 14.4pp 6.9pp 21 June 2020 pp change April 2020 ALL PL 2017 PN 2017 Didn't vote 2017 Male Female 18-35 36-50 51-65 65+ Primary Secondary Post-Sec Tertiary Gozo Northern N Harbour S Eastern S Harbour Western 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 54.5% 17.8% 27.2% 92.9% 10.1% 40.9% 49.1% 42.0% 52.0% 52.0% 18.8% 28.6% 57.2% 16.8% 25.6% 51.2% 11.8% 36.5% 53.4% 13.3% 31.9% 57.5% 22.4% 20.1% 56.6% 26.8% 16.6% 61.1% 24.3% 14.6% 69.0% 16.4% 14.1% 49.5% 28.7% 21.0% 39.4% 10.5% 49.6% 62.4% 13.0% 24.6% 50.3% 22.3% 25.3% 40.5% 21.3% 38.2% 58.9% 14.7% 25.2% 75.4% 12.7% 11.9% 52.8% 17.6% 29.5% Abela Delia None Don't Know Which political party would you vote for if a general election were to be held tomorrow? MaltaToday Trust Barometer 21 June 2020 Between Robert Abela and Adrian Delia, whom do you trust most? Robert Abela Adrian Delia Neither Don't know -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 54.5% -7.9pp 17.8% 27.2% 14.4pp 6.9pp 21 June 2020 pp change April 2020 ALL PL 2017 PN 2017 Didn't vote 2017 Male Female 18-35 36-50 51-65 65+ Primary Secondary Post-Sec Tertiary Gozo Northern N Harbour S Eastern 54.5% 17.8% 27.2% 92.9% 10.1% 40.9% 49.1% 42.0% 52.0% 52.0% 18.8% 28.6% 57.2% 16.8% 25.6% 51.2% 11.8% 36.5% 53.4% 13.3% 31.9% 57.5% 22.4% 20.1% 56.6% 26.8% 16.6% 61.1% 24.3% 14.6% 69.0% 16.4% 14.1% 49.5% 28.7% 21.0% 39.4% 10.5% 49.6% 62.4% 13.0% 24.6% 50.3% 22.3% 25.3% 40.5% 21.3% 38.2% 58.9% 14.7% 25.2% Abela Delia None Don't Know Between Robert Abela and Adrian Delia, whom do you trust the most? Change over April 2020