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mt SURVEY maltatoday | SUNDAY • 13 APRIL 2025 7 On the other hand, the PN registers its lowest levels of sup- port (22.5%) among 16- to 35-year-olds. This age group also registers the highest level of support for third parties (8.9%). The survey shows Labour leading by 4.4 points among over 65-year-olds and by nearly 6.5 points among 51- to 65-year- olds. Women more likely to support PN While the PL enjoys a strong 12-point advantage among men, its lead drops to just two points among women. The survey also shows an educational divide between ter- tiary educated voters amongst which the PN leads by nine points and the rest of the population, where Labour enjoys a comfortable lead ranging from seven points among the post-secondary educated to 27 points among those with a primary level of education. Support for third parties is also considerably higher among the tertiary educated (6.8%) and the post-secondary educated (6.9%). Methodology The survey was carried out between Friday 28 March 2025 and Monday 8 April 2025. 651 respondents 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 3.84% for a confidence interval of 95% for the overall results. Demographic and sub-group breakdowns have significantly larger margins of error. Government posts highest ever performance rating since 2023 RESPONDENTS have given the gov- ernment a mean score of 3.1 out of 5 when asked to rate the administra- tion's performance. This represents an increase of 0.2 points over the result obtained in the February survey and a more significant increase of 0.4 points from November last year. This is the highest ever score since the performance barometer started being recorded in 2023. Respondents were asked to rate the administration's performance on a scale of 0 (very bad) to 5 (very good). A breakdown by age shows the gov- ernment enjoying a high rating of 3.1 among all age groups except those aged 36 to 50, amongst which the rat- ing drops to 3. On a regional level the government's rating ranges from 2.8 in the Northern region to 3.2 in the South Harbour re- gion. Not surprisingly current PN voters give the government the lowest rating (2) and current Labour voters the high- est rating (4.1). But even among cur- rent PN voters a substantial 41% gave the government a rating of 3 or more. The government also manages to surpass the pass mark among current non-voters who give the administra- tion a positive rating of 2.8. Among this category 69.5% of respondents gave the government a rating of 3 or more. The highest rating is registered among respondents with a prima- ry level of education (3.5) and lowest among those with a tertiary education (2.8). Government's rating increases from 2.9 to 3.1, the highest ever score since MaltaToday introduced the government performance barometer in 2023 Age Gender Region Education 2022 Voters 90.0% 80.0% 70.0% 6 0.0% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0 Female Male 37.8% 35.8% 1.3% 0.9% 1.5% 22.7% 42.3% 30.4% 2.2% 1.4% 1.4% 22.3% PL PN Momentum ADPD Others Will not vote Gender 110% 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0 Female Male 43.3% 21.6% 35.2% 50% 18.3% 31.7% Robert Abela Bernard Grech None Trust Barometer Profile of non-voters Age Gender Regions Education Past vote 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 22.7% 22.3% Robert Abela Bernard Grech None 0 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 46.5% 20% 33.5% All Voters PL 51.6% ADPD 1.5% Momentum 2.2% PN 42.8% Others 1.9% Age Gender Region Education 2022 Voters 90.0% 80.0% 70.0% 60.0% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0 PL 2022 PN 2022 No vote 2022 5.3% 1.2% 1% 1.1% 11% 2% 77.7% 0.1% 0.8% 0.3% 19% 14.7% 17.7% 4.2% 2.2% 3% 58.3% PL PN Momentum ADPD Other Will not vote Trust Barometer All Voters Robert Abela Bernard Grech None 0 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 46.5% 20% 33.5% All Voters Feb 2025 Age Gender Region Education 2022 Voters 90.0% 80.0% 70.0% 6 0.0% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0 Northern N. Harbour S. Eastern S. Harbour Western Gozo PL PN Momentum ADPD Other Will not vote Region 110% 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0 Northern N. Harbour S. Eastern S. Harbour Western Gozo 35.8% 22.1% 42.1% 44.2% 23.4% 32.4% 50.1% 15.6% 34.2% 59.9% 17.2% 22.9% 40.4% 20% 39.6% 49.1% 19.4% 31.5% Robert Abela Bernard Grech None Trust Barometer Profile of non-voters Age Gender Regions Education Past vote 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 24.4% 15.3% 30.3% 19.7% 27.1% 25.7% Robert Abela Bernard Grech None 0 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 46.5% 20% 33.5% All Voters Voting intentions by gender Voting intentions per past votes Voting intentions by region 2022 Voters 110% 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0 PL 2022 PN 2022 No vote 2022 87.2% 1.4% 11.4% 4.4% 52.2% 43.5% 27.7% 5.5% 66.8% Robert Abela Bernard Grech None Profile of non-voters Age Gender Regions Education Past vote 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0 PL voters in 2022 General Election PN voters in 2022 General Election 11% 19% All Voters How do you rate government's performance? 0 5 3.1 The survey was carried out between Friday 28 March 2025 and Monday 8 April 2025. 651 respondents 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 3.84% for a confidence interval of 95% for the overall results. Demographic and sub-group breakdowns have significantly larger margins of error. JAMES DEBONO jdebono@mediatoday.com.mt