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14 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 9 OCTOBER 2022 MALTATODAY SURVEY Trust Barometer and Political Survey Trust Abela Trust Grech Trust neither Don't know 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 46.9% 18.1% 31.1% 6.9pp 3.9% Now pp change over July Trust in Abela and Grech Demographic groups registering highest levels of distrust in either Grech or Abela 10-Oct-22 24-Jul-22 Overall PL now PN now Will not vote now PL 2022 PN 2022 Did not vote 2022 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 46.9% 18.1% 31.1% 97.4% 85.3% 10.3% 15.7% 78.5% 90.1% 8.3% 52.7% 39.5% 22.4% 67.4% 10.2% 48.2% 17.1% 32.0% 45.3% 19.3% 30.1% 34.6% 6.9% 52.4% 46.5% 13.0% 33.6% 6.9% 52.8% 18.1% 26.8% 51.7% 31.1% 16.4% 76.1% 18.5% 54.8% 18.3% 22.7% 44.7% 15.8% 33.1% 28.8% 19.4% 48.9% 35.7% 29.3% 35.0% 40.4% 15.2% 38.2% 6.1% 43.7% 21.6% 27.4% 7.3% 50.3% 14.7% 30.9% 57.0% 9.0% 31.7% 47.4% 25.3% 27.4% Robert Abela Bernard Grech None Do not know Which political party would you vote for if an election were to be held tomorrow? Even as Abela loses trust, Grech hits new low as voters signal disgruntlement ROBERT Abela's trust rating has de- clined by 3.5 points to 46.9% since July, MaltaToday's October survey shows as the Prime Minister faces growing dis- gruntlement among Labour voters. Abela still beats his rival Bernard Grech soundly across all age groups but the Prime Minister has to deal with a growing cohort of distrustful Labour voters, who have doubled since the July survey. Although Abela retains the trust of 90.1% of those who voted Labour in the March election, 8.3% of PL voters now say they trust no one. However, Abela's showing remains miles ahead of Bernard Grech, who has slumped to his worst performance since first becoming Nationalist Party leader in September 2020. Grech's latest trust rating stands at 18.1% as he suffers a desertion of PN voters from the March election. The October findings show that while 52.7% of those who voted for the PN in the last election trust Grech, 39.5% trust no one. In the July survey, 28.2% of PN voters had said they trust no one. The overall lack of trust in both lead- ers stands at 31.1%, an increase of seven points since July, suggesting growing disenchantment with the two leaders. A breakdown of the October findings shows that Abela enjoys the trust of 45.3% of women and 48.2% of men. The Opposition leader is trusted by 19.3% of women and 17.1% of men. The young aged between 16 and 35 are the most distrustful with 52.4%, saying they trust none of the two leaders. But Abela outpaces Grech among the rest – 34.7% of young people trust the La- bour leader, while only 6.9% trust the Nationalist leader. Grech's best performance is among pensioners with 31.1%. However, he still trails Abela, who scores 51.7% among this group of voters. The Prime Minister's best perfor- mance is among those aged between 51 and 65 with a rating of 52.8%, against Grech's 18.1%. On a geographical basis, Abela beats Grech in all regions with especially large margins in the Southern Harbour and South Eastern regions. The Prime Minister's best perfor- mance is in the Southern Harbour with 57.1%. This contrasts with Grech's dis- mal performance in this region, where he only manages 9%. Grech's best showing is in Gozo with 29.3%. He still trails Abela but the gap between the two leaders in Gozo is the shortest across all regions. ksansone@mediatoday.com.mt KURT SANSONE Although Abela retains the trust of 90.1% of those who voted Labour in the March election, 8.3% of PL voters now say they trust no one. 9 October 2022