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9 NEWS ANALYSIS maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 7 DECEMBER 2022 In contrast both political leaders registered gains among 16-35 bracket; but while Grech gained 10 points, Abela gained 11 points. This suggests a greater polarisation in the past month, with both parties mak- ing inroads among the young- est age bracket, with the PN in- creasing its abysmal support in this bracket from 7.3% to 16% now and Labour increasing support 29% to 32%. This suggests that greater unity in the PN on the abortion issue may have increased its support across the board but Labour only registers major losses among those over 65. Moreover, among tertiary-ed- ucated voters both Abela and Labour have emerged strong- er in the latest survey. In this category Abela registered a 13-point improvement in his trust rating while Grech reg- isters the same trust rating as last month. And while La- bour has increased its support among the tertiary educated by 6 points, the PN has remained at the same level as last month. Significantly in October the PN led Labour by 2 points among university graduates, the PL now leads the PN by 4 points. Furthermore 4% in the tertiary-educated would vote for the Green Party which sup- ports the government's amend- ment to the abortion law and wants it extended to other cas- es including rape and incest. Support for the decriminalisa- tion of abortion was also high- est in this educational bracket in the July survey. While among the secondary-educated only 28% supported the decriminal- isation of abortion in some or all circumstances, 55% of the university-educated expressed the same view. abortion overshadowed political polls? Trust Abela Trust Grech Will vote PN Will vote PL 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 43.1% 53.1% 22.7% 21.3% 33.3% 39.9% 23.3% 25.2% Males Females Trust and voting intentions by gender, Dec 2022 Gender pp change in trust and voting Oct-Dec Abela's trust rating among males Abela's trust rating among females Grech's trust rating among males Grech's trust among females PL support among males PL support among females PN support among males PN support among females -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 -5.1 +7.8 +5.6 +2 -7.5 +2.3 +5.2 +3.2 Other key demographics pp change trust and voting Oct-Dec Abela's trust over-65s Grech's trust over-65s PL support among over-65s PN support among over-65s Abela's trust 16-35s Grech's trust 16-35s PL support 16-35s PN support 16-35s Abela's trust tertiary educated Grech's trust tertiary educated PL support tertiary educated PN support tertiary educated -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 -9.5 +5.4 -9.4 +3.4 +11.2 +9.7 +3.4 +8.8 +13.4 -0.4 +6.1 -0.1 Greater unity in the PN on the abortion issue may have increased its support across the board but Labour only registers major losses among those over 65