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7 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 22 JULY 2020 NEWS ANALYSIS support in the northern harbour region which includes large urban centres in- cluding his Birkikara hometown, Qormi, but also middle-class Sliema. Surprisingly only 6% trust Comodini Cachia in Malta's largest region. But in the northern region, which in- cludes more affluent PN leaning localities like Naxxar and Mosta and the more di- verse and politically divided St Paul's Bay, Comodini Cachia is significantly more popular than Delia. Moreover, Comodini Cachia triumphs in Gozo where her trust rating of 37% is just 4 points lower than Abela's and even higher than the 36% support for her party. On the other hand, in Gozo Delia trails Abela by a staggering 25 points. Gozitans are the only category in the survey where the PN clear- ly benefits from a change in leadership. In fact, in Gozo Abela's trust falls from 44% when pitted against Delia to 41% when pit- ted against Comodini Cachia. And in Gozo Delia is significantly less popular than the Nationalist Party, while Comodini Cachia is slightly more popular than her own party. This may well reflect other political factors like the popularity of Gozitan MP Chris Said, Delia's rival in the 2017 leadership contest. education and class divide Tertiary Post-Sec Secondary Primary Northern North Harbour Western South Harbour South East Gozo Female Male 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 9.5% 5.4% 14.9% 11.1% 9.5% 20.5% 20.1% 27.1% 19.2% 10.3% 6% 12.7% 13.5% 17.6% 9.4% 13.4% 12% 12.7% 37% 19.1% 10.3% 15.1% 15.5% 11.6% Therese Comodini Cachia Adrian Delia Education and class divide in MaltaToday trust barometer for Adrian Delia and Therese Comodini Cachia Education Regional Gender