Abela Trusted By 45.2%, Borg At 35.3%, MaltaToday Survey Shows

MaltaToday’s post budget survey shows Robert Abela maintaining a trust lead over Alex Borg, with 45.2% of voters saying they trust the Prime Minister to run the country, against 35.3% for the PN leader.

The gap has narrowed from 13 points in October to 10, as Abela drops two points and Borg gains one.

Borg is trusted by 87% of current PN voters, while the share of PN voters who trust neither leader has fallen sharply to 10.2%, down from 38.1% in June under Bernard Grech.

Party support remains almost identical to last month. The Labour Party stands at 48.7% and the PN at 46.1%, with third parties at 5.2%.

Based on a projected turnout of 81%, the PL leads by 7,602 votes. Labour retains 78.9% of its 2022 vote, while the PN retains 86.8%.

The PL is losing 11.8% of its 2022 voters to abstention, compared to 5% for the PN. The PN is also attracting 17.8% of 2022 non-voters, while Labour draws only 7.7% from this group.

Among 2022 voters, 7.9% of Labour supporters now back the PN, while 5.4% of PN supporters switch to Labour.

The PN loses 2.8% to third parties, compared to 1.4% for Labour.

Regionally, Labour leads by 21.8 points in the South Harbour and 33 points in the South Eastern region, where Abela’s trust rating has risen to 64.2%.

The PN leads by 11.1 points in the Northern region, 10.5 in the North Harbour and by 4.9 in Gozo, although its support in Gozo has declined by eight points.

Full survey at MaltaToday.

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