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3 maltatoday, TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017 News PORTOMASOLIVE.COM REGISTER NOW 1 2 3 Register your personal account JOIN DEPOSIT EARN CASHBACK Place your deposit, play & participate in our promotions You're always a winner at Portomaso Live You're always a winner THIS IS A PAID ADVERT Trust barometer Joseph Muscat Simon Busuttil None Undecided 43.3 38.5 8.1 10.1 52.7 35.2 12.1 - 44.6 33.2 9.2 13.1 PL PN/PD AD Not Voting No Answer 38.4 28.3 0 3.8 29.5 41.1 36.9 0.7 2.2 19.1 40.4 32.3 0.7 2 23.9 - - - - - Shifts from PN to PL and from PL to PN PL to PN PN to PL Non voters PN Non voters PL 6.3 3.3 0.3 1.6 5.6 3.6 1.2 1.6 52.7 35.2 12.1 - 43.3 38.5 8.1 10.1 44.6 33.2 9.2 13.1 Saturday election outcome hinges on the 'undecided' JAMES DEBONO SURVEYS published during the weekend confirm that a major- ity of decided voters are opting for the PL but all surveys con- tain a high percentage of un- decided or no replies, ranging from MaltaToday's 19% to the Sunday Times's 29.5%. This means that the outcome of the election depends on how voters who claim to be unde- cided will be voting. Once again surveys concur on Labour's vote percentage (which ranges from 38.4% in the Sunday Times survey to 41.1% in the MaltaToday sur- vey) but disagree on the PN's percentage (which ranges from 28.3% in the Sunday Times to 36.9% in MaltaToday). The Sunday Times survey warns that the results of the survey must be seen in the light of a previous question asking respondents to name the party they had voted for in 2013, where the result differed "very significantly" from the actual result and the PN vote was highly understated. MaltaToday's sample in- cluded 48.3% of respondents reported voting PL and 37.8% reported voting PN, which tal- lies with the vote difference between the two parties in 2013. For the first time both the Torca and MaltaToday surveys concur in showing a shift from the PL to the PN. Both surveys show 6% of Labour's 2013 vot- ers shifting to the PN. In real terms this would mean the PN gaining between 9,381 votes (Torca) and 10,555 votes (Mal- taToday). While the Torca survey shows the PN losing 3.6% of its 2013 vote to Labour, MaltaTo- day shows the PN losing 3.3%. This would mean that the PN is losing between 4,370 votes (MaltaToday) and 4,767 votes (Torca) to the PL. In the Sunday Times survey respondents were also asked whether they regretted the way they had voted in the 2013 election, and 12 per cent said yes. Of those who stated that they regret the way they voted in 2013, 50 per cent mentioned the Nationalist Party as being best for the country, 34 per cent mentioned the Labour Party and 16 per cent did not state an opinion, or said nei- ther of them.