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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 10 OCTOBER 2021 10 MALTATODAY SURVEY Trust barometer: Abela maintains wide lead over Grech despite drop Trust Barometer and Political Survey Robert Abela Bernard Grech Neither Don't know 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 50.4% 29.3% 16.7% 3.5% 6 June 2021 PP change 9 May 2021 Between Robert Abela and Bernard Grech, who do you trust the most? Full demographics comparing trust between Abela and Grech ALL PL now PN now No vote PL 2017 PN 2017 Didn't vote 2017 Male Female 16-35 36-50 51-65 50.4% 29.3% 16.7% 96.3% 92.0% 22.5% 10.6% 66.9% 87.5% 8.4% 9.9% 68.7% 18.4% 21.0% 15.4% 53.6% 10.0% 55.0% 22.2% 19.4% 45.3% 37.3% 13.7% 46.3% 24.2% 24.4% 43.1% 30.2% 24.4% 57.9% 24.5% 14.3% Robert Abela Bernard Grech None Don't know KURT SANSONE ROBERT Abela loses two points in October's trust barometer and Bernard Grech sees his rating cut by four points as the gap between the leaders widens to 23 points. The Prime Minister scores 49.2% in MaltaToday's survey, a decline of 2.3 points. He remains signifi- cantly more popular than the La- bour Party, suggesting a growth potential for the party. The Opposition leader scores 25.9%, which is his second worst result since becoming Nationalist Party leader in 2020. Grech sees his trust rating decrease by 3.6 points over last month and is less popular than his own party. The gap between the leaders now stands at 23.3 points, an increase of 1.3 points over September. Abela trumps Grech across all age groups, among men and wom- en, and across all regions. Among those aged 16-35, Abela is trusted by 34.2% against Grech's 24.6%. The results differ significantly from those for the respective po- litical parties where the PN just pips Labour. But this age group is also the most detached from politics with 34.7% saying they trust none of the leaders and 6.6% are unsure. Abela's strongest showing is among those aged between 51 and 65, where he scores 66.7% against Grech's 22%. On a geographical basis, Abela enjoys a trust rating of 47.8% in Gozo against Grech's 34.9%. In the South-East, Southern Harbour and Western regions, the Prime Minister's trust rating surpasses the 50% mark. Abela enjoys the trust of 90% of those who voted for the Labour Party in the last general election. Less than one per cent of 2017 La- bour voters trust Grech. Grech enjoys the trust of 62.6% of those who voted PN in the 2017 election. But 3.3% of PN voters trust the Prime Minister and a significant 29.9% trust neither of the two leaders. If an election is held tomorrow, from those who will vote PL, 98.1% trust Abela, none trust Grech and 1.9% trust none of the two leaders. From those who will vote PN, 84.7% trust Grech, 1.8% trust Abe- la and 8.4% trust no one. Sept 2021 Methodology The survey was carried out between Monday 27 September 2021 and Wednesday 6 October 2021. 647 respondents opted to complete the survey. Stratified random sampling based on region, age and gender was used to replicate the Maltese demographic. The estimated mar- gin of error is 4.9% for a confidence interval of 95% for the overall results. Demographic and sub-group breakdowns have significantly larger margins of error.