Survey findings at a glance
• Labour ahead in all age groups except over 55-year-olds
• Simon Busuttil preferred candidate in all age groups
• Middle-aged voters more concerned with environment than youngsters
James Debono
It’s not all doom and gloom for the Nationalist Party. According to the latest MaltaToday poll, the PN is still beating Labour by a small margin among one particular segment of society: those aged over 55.
Among this age group the PN is 0.6 percentage points ahead of its traditional rival. Significantly, this category also has the least number of undecided voters.
On the other hand the PL is winning by 11.7 percentage points among 18- to 34-year-olds and by 11.9 percentage points among those aged between 35 and 54.
Yet in both age groups where the PL has a sizeable advantage, the number of undecided voters is very high: 28.1% among those aged 18 to 34 and 26.7% among those aged between 35 and 54.
This is a clear indication that if the PN recovers a sizeable number of these undecided voters, it can still avoid a humiliating defeat.
AD, on the other hand, is strongest among 18- to 54-year-olds, but has very little support among those aged over 55.
When it comes to candidates, Simon Busuttil affirms his popularity in all age groups. On the other hand Edward Scicluna is more popular among those aged over 35 years of age than among those aged between 18 and 34. Among the latter, Scicluna is less popular than Louis Grech.
Predictably, irregular immigration emerges as the top concern among all age groups but is even more of a concern among 18- to 34-year-olds.
But 35-54 year olds are likelier to consider the environment as a major issue than other age groups, in a trend which appears to contradict global patterns, whereby the environment is the preserve of the young.
Bread and butter issues prevail among those aged over 55 years of age, as is perhaps to be expected.
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