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IN a head-to-head confronta- tion, Robert Abela is trusted with running the country by 41.8% of voters against 37.2% who trust Alex Borg. This suggests a narrowing of the trust gap from seven points to five points from the previous MaltaToday election survey. Abela loses 1.7 points, while Borg gains 0.8 points amidst a one-point increase of those who trust neither of the two leaders. These fluc- tuations are within the margin of er- ror of both surveys and thus not sta- tistically significant. As was the case in the pre- vious survey the gap between the leaders now corresponds to that between the two par- ties contrary to the trend in pre campaign surveys, which showed Abela leading by a more substantial margin. In fact, the survey also shows that both leaders are trusted by the vast majority of their respective party vot- ers—97.4% of current PL vot- ers trust Abela, 98.6% of PN voters trust Borg. The survey shows that 82% of current non-vot- ers trust neither leader with the rest split be- tween the two leaders. The survey shows both leaders making some inroads among 2022 election voters of the opposing par- ty. While 6.5% of PL voters in 2022 now trust Borg, 6.2% of PN voters trust Ab- ela. mt SURVEY WEDNESDAY • 27 MAY 2026 | maltatoday THE ALL-NEW B10 STARTING FROM €20,900* (*2025 GOVERNMENT GRANTS AND SCRAPPAGE SCHEME INCLUDED. TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY). Trust barometer: Abela's lead 20.0% 10.0% 0 PL 2022 PN 2022 No vote 2022 4.4% 2% 10.9% 3% 1.9% 6% 6.8% 10.6% 6.1% PL PN Others Will not vote 2022 Voters 110% 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0 PL 2022 PN 2022 No vote 2022 82.7% 6.5% 10.8% 3.8% 90% 6.2% 13.1% 16.2% 70.7% Robert Abela Alex Borg None Trust Barometer Profile of non-voters Age Gender Region Education 2022 Voters 30% 25% Robert Abela Alex Borg None 0 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 41.8% 37.2% 21% All Voters JAMES DEBONO jdebono@mediatoday.com.mt PL PN Others Will not vote Age 120% 110% 100% 90% 80% 70% 6 0% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0 16-35 36-50 51-65 65+ 39.4% 30.6% 30% 37.9% 36% 26.1% 44.9% 37.4% 17.7% 44.6% 43.6% 11.8% Robert Abela Alex Borg None Trust Barometer Profile of non-voters Age Gender Region Education 2022 Voters 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0 16-35 36-50 51-65 65+ 26.9% 25.1% 19.2% 13.1% Robert Abela Alex Borg None 0 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 41.8% 37.2% 21% All Voters This survey was conducted between Wednesday 13 May and Sunday 24 May. The survey is based on a representative sample of 1,382 respondents. The sampling 80.0% 70.0% 60.0% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0 Northern N. Harbour S. Eastern S. Harbour Western Gozo PL PN Others Will not vote Region 120% 110% 100% 90% 80% 7 0% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0 Northern N. Harbour S. Eastern S. Harbour Western Gozo 33.2% 41.1% 25.7% 42.9% 36.2% 20.9% 49.1% 32.9% 17.9% 52.6% 30.9% 16.6% 34% 42.1% 23.8% 37% 41.6% 21.5% Robert Abela Alex Borg None Trust Barometer Profile of non-voters Age Gender Region Education 2022 Voters 30% 25% 20% 24.6% 20.6% 18.3% 16.5% 23.9% 20.7% Robert Abela Alex Borg None 0 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 41.8% 37.2% 21% All Voters Alex vs Robert: Based on age Alex vs Robert: Based on region Alex Borg