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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2015 11 minister Helena Dalli (-3 points) who gains 4 points among PN voters but loses 4 points among PL voters. Newcomer Carmelo Abela, who succeeded Manuel Mallia in the home affairs portfo- lio, registers a 5-point improve- ment over his predecessor. 14% of PN voters judge Muscat positively Prime Minister Joseph Mus- cat has seen his positive ratings drop by 3 points when compared to last year, but gains 3 points over June when respondents were also asked to rate the PM's performance. Significantly, Muscat's per- formance is judged positively by 14% of PN voters in 2013 and negatively by 6% of PL vot- ers. Muscat has also seen the percentage of respondents who judge his performance negatively increase by 3 points since March and by a point since June. Moreover, 12% of PL voters in 2013 judge the PM's perform- ance as so-so. This suggests that while Muscat continues to make inroads among a category of PN voters he faces discontentment among a sizeable minority of PL voters. The percentage of Labour voters who judged his perform- ance negatively has increase by 4 points since last year. Among Labour voters Muscat enjoys a lower positive rating than tourism minister Edward Zammit Lewis, energy and health minister Konrad Mizzi and edu- cation minister Evarist Bartolo. Methodology Survey held between Monday 28 September and Friday 2 Oc- tober respondents contacted and survey stopped after 500- quota sample reached. Margin of error +/-4.4 percentage points. 40.7% of respondents said they voted PL in 2013, while 27.3% said they voted PN – tallying with the gap between both parties in the last general election. jdebono@mediatoday.com.mt MaltaToday Survey Helena Dalli 42% (-3) Carmelo Abela * 41.3% (4.5) Michael Farrugia 40.3% (1.2) Louis Grech 36.7% (3.9) Anton Refalo 33.3% (2.6) Leo Brincat 30% (0.4) Joe Mizzi 22.3% (-3) Ministers' Positive Ratings Ranked by percentage who gave minsiters a positive rating (Percentage point increase or decrease when compared to last year's ratings) except for * Carmelo Abela who was not minister in 2014 April 2013 June 2013 October 2013 December 2013 March 2014 November 2014 January 2015 March 2015 June 2015 October 2015 21.9 15.5 11.3 17.4 5.5 8.2 6.7 6.4 10.6 12.1 13.4 28.7 23.4 20.2 31.3 34 35.3 39.4 34.6 29.3 5.6 9.5 14.7 16.4 15.3 12.8 14.1 12.2 15.1 16.3 59 46.4 50.6 46.6 47.8 45 43.9 42 39.7 42.3 Positive Negative So-so Don't know Joseph Muscat's historical ratings since April 2013 Veteran education minister Evarist Bartolo, apart from Zammit Lewis is the only minister to surpass the 50% mark Our surveys mean intelligence SURVEY For an individual breakdown of these results according to party voters and pricing, email us now at info@mediatoday .com.mt with subject header 'SURVEY'