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8 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 27 FEBRUARY 2022 NEWS ELECTION 2022 Robert Abela Bernard Grech Neither Don't know 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 41.9% 29.0% 21.9% 7.2% 3.9pp 27 Feb 2022 pp change 6 Feb 2022 Between Robert Abela and Bernard Grech, who do you trust the most? Full demographics comparing trust between Abela and Grech 27-Feb-22 6-Feb-22 Overall PL Now PN Now Will not vote now Uncertain New Voter PL 2017 PN 2017 Didn't vote 2017 Male Female 16-35 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 41.9% 29.0% 21.9% 7.2% 97.0% 88.1% 10.5% 27.6% 9.1% 41.8% 21.5% 33.2% 7.5% 31.4% 28.0% 9.4% 76.1% 11.8% 80.1% 14.6% 66.5% 18.6% 8.8% 14.1% 16.6% 55.7% 13.5% 45.3% 28.2% 21.6% 38.6% 29.7% 22.2% 9.5% 35.5% 27.3% 28.2% 9.0% 31.4% 23.3% 33.6% 11.6% 50.9% 29.0% 13.4% 6.8% 51.6% 36.4% 10.6% 60.3% 31.2% 7.5% 49.9% 24.2% 19.0% 6.9% 40.6% 24.3% 31.4% 25.0% 36.8% 26.7% 11.6% 36.7% 31.8% 19.2% 12.3% 27.6% 36.2% 22.8% 13.4% 43.3% 28.6% 20.0% 8.1% 56.4% 14.1% 27.6% 53.2% 25.4% 19.8% 32.9% 41.9% 22.2% Robert Abela Bernard Grech None Do not know 'New Voter' category introduced in this survey Robert Abela Bernard Grech Neither Don't know 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 41.9% 29.0% 21.9% 7.2% 3.9pp 27 Feb 2022 pp change 6 Feb 2022 Between Robert Abela and Bernard Grech, who do you trust the most? Full demographics comparing trust between Abela and Grech 27-Feb-22 6-Feb-22 Overall PL Now PN Now Will not vote now Uncertain New Voter PL 2017 PN 2017 Didn't vote 2017 Male Female 16-35 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 41.9% 29.0% 21.9% 7.2% 97.0% 88.1% 10.5% 27.6% 9.1% 41.8% 21.5% 33.2% 7.5% 31.4% 28.0% 9.4% 76.1% 11.8% 80.1% 14.6% 66.5% 18.6% 8.8% 14.1% 16.6% 55.7% 13.5% 45.3% 28.2% 21.6% 38.6% 29.7% 22.2% 9.5% 35.5% 27.3% 28.2% 9.0% 31.4% 23.3% 33.6% 11.6% 50.9% 29.0% 13.4% 6.8% 51.6% 36.4% 10.6% 60.3% 31.2% 7.5% 49.9% 24.2% 19.0% 6.9% 40.6% 24.3% 31.4% 25.0% 36.8% 26.7% 11.6% 36.7% 31.8% 19.2% 12.3% 27.6% 36.2% 22.8% 13.4% 43.3% 28.6% 20.0% 8.1% 56.4% 14.1% 27.6% 53.2% 25.4% 19.8% 32.9% 41.9% 22.2% Robert Abela Bernard Grech None Do not know Which political party would you vote for if an election were to be held tomorrow? 'New Voter' category introduced in this survey KURT SANSONE ROBERT Abela's trust rating has con- tinued to decline and now stands at 41.9% but Bernard Grech fails to cap- italise with his rating dropping to 29%. MaltaToday's first trust barometer of the election campaign sees Abela losing 3.2 points over the last survey at the start of February and Grech losing 1.3 points. The share of respondents who are unsure who to trust has increased to 7.2% from 3.3%, while those who trust no one have remained stable at 21.9%. The trust gap between the leaders stands at 12.9 points, a two-point de- cline since the February survey. This is the third consecutive decline in the trust rating for the Labour leader. But Grech fails to make any inroads. Abela is trusted more than Grech among women and men, across all age groups and in four of the six re- gions. In Gozo, where party support sees the PN ahead, Abela manages to eclipse Grech with 36.7% versus 31.8%. Abela also wins the trust bat- tle in the Northern Harbour, South East and Southern Harbour regions. Grech wins the battle in the North- ern and Western regions Young voters aged 16 to 35 trust Abela more than Grech (35.5% vs 27.3%). Abela's best showing is among pensioners, where his trust reaches 51.6% against Grech's 36.4%. Among new voters, Abela is trusted almost five times more than Grech. Abela's trust rating stands at 33.2% against Grech's 7.5%. However, 31.4% of new voters, trust none of the leaders. The vast majority of non-voters (76.1%) trust no one. Of significance is the fact that Abela is trusted by 9.4% of non-voters as opposed to 2.7% who trust Grech. This suggests that there are more potential Labour voters who will not vote. Methodology The survey was carried out between Monday 21 February 2022 and Satur- day 26 February 2022. 597 respond- ents opted to complete the survey. Stratified random sampling based on region, age and gender was used to replicate the Maltese demographic. The estimated margin of error is 4.3% for a confidence interval of 95% for the overall results. Demographic and sub- group breakdowns have significantly larger margins of error. Robert Abela continues to lose trust but Grech remains stuck MaltaToday's first trust barometer of the election campaign sees Abela losing 3.2 points over the last survey at the start of February and Grech losing 1.3 points Of significance is the fact that Abela is trusted by 9.4% of non-voters as opposed to 2.7% who trust Grech. This suggests that there are more potential Labour voters who will not vote