Sex and the survey - the results at a glance:
Vince Farrugia: popular only among male voters
Marlene Mizzi: only woman to attract the female vote
Simon Busuttil: tops list of preferences with both sexes
Joseph Cuschieri: more popular among women than men
It’s a man’s world for the Nationalist Party and Alternattiva Demokratika, both of which enjoy higher popularity among male voters.
But while women appear likelier to vote Labour in this election, the percentage of female voters to remain undecided (26%) is higher than that of males: only 21.4% of whom have yet to make up their mind how to vote next Saturday.
And while the gap between the PL and the PN amounts to 5.1 percentage points among males, among females it increases to 6.4 percentage points – a further indication that the gap between the two main parties is directly proportional to the number of undecided voters.
This is also the case with respondents aged above 55, where the PN’s slight advantage is also reflected in a lower number of undecided.
Surprisingly, however, women have so far not shown any predisposition to vote for other women. In fact the only female candidate to make it among the top five among both males and females is Marlene Mizzi.
Yet while Marlene Mizzi emerges as the PL’s frontrunner among females (together with economist Edward Scicluna), among males she is surpassed by both Scicluna and Louis Grech.
Elsewhere, no significant difference was registered among male and female voters
Significantly GRTU director general Vince Farrugia emerge as the fifth most popular candidate among males but does not register at all among female respondents.
Arnold Cassola is also more popular with males than with females, while Labour MEP candidate Joe Cuschieri emerges as the most popular among the ladies.
Simon Busuttil emerges as the PN front runner among both males and females - an indication that the possibility of a female PN candidate being elected depends on where his second preferences go.
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