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mt SURVEY SUNDAY • 24 AUGUST2025 | maltatoday 10 Borg vs Delia: PN voters split but Labourites tilt towards Alex Non-voters in the 2022 general election prefer Alex Borg over Adrian Delia. Over-65s are split but younger voters prefer Borg. ALEX Borg emerges as the clear favourite among voters in a direct contest against Adrian Delia, ac- cording to a MaltaToday survey. The survey asked respondents whom they trust most between the two PN hopefuls. The overall result shows Borg obtaining a 43% rating against Delia's 26%. Among PN voters, the two con- testants are neck and neck, with 46% opting for Borg and 45% for Delia. In contrast, among PL voters only 16.5% opt for Delia, while 46.7% opt for Borg. Borg also leads Delia among non-voters in the 2022 general elec- tion. While the overwhelming ma- jority of these voters (58%) trust nei- ther of the two leadership hopefuls, 30% trust Borg and only 12% trust Delia. A regional breakdown shows Borg leading Delia in all six regions, peak- ing in the PN-leaning Northern re- gion at 51%. Delia is strongest in the North Harbour region (32%), where he trails Borg by just two percentage points. Borg also leads by a substantial margin in the Labour-leaning South Eastern and South Harbour regions. He also leads Delia by 18 points in Gozo. The survey also shows that Borg is substantially more trusted than De- lia by younger respondents. Among 16- to 35-year-olds, Delia trails Borg by 19 points. But among over-65s, the two candidates are neck and neck. Delia's higher trust rating among PN voters and over 65 year olds is particularly relevant considering that the next PN leader will be elect- ed by PN paid members, a large seg- ment of which are elderly. Borg is more trusted than Delia among both men and women. Delia, however, scores better among men (27%) than among women (24%). In contrast, Borg is more trusted among women (45%) than among men (41%). JAMES DEBONO jdebono@mediatoday.com.mt The survey was carried out between Monday 18 August 2025 and Friday 22 August 2025. 657 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 3.82% for a confidence interval of 95% for the overall results. Demographic and sub-group breakdowns have significantly larger margins of error. Adrian Delia Alex Borg None 0 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 25.5% 43% 31.5% Between Alex Borg and Adrian Delia, who do you trust most to lead the country? PL 2022 PN 2022 No vote 2022 Robert Abela Alex Borg None 2022 Voters 110% 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0 PL 2022 PN 2022 No vote 2022 16.5% 46.7% 36.9% 44.8% 46.4% 8.8% 11.6% 30.1% 58.4% Adrian Delia Alex Borg None All Voters Alex Borg and Adrian Delia shake hands ahead of first PN leadership debate 2022 voters