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Disaster For PN As New Survey Finds It’s Less Popular Than ADPD Among Under 35s

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People younger than 35 are more likely to vote for ADPD than PN, a new survey has surprisingly found.

Results from MaltaToday’s latest political survey show that only 7.3% of voters aged 16-35 intend to vote for PN, compared to 8.3% who plan to vote for ADPD.

Both parties trail PL, which enjoys the support of 28.3% of young voters, but even this number is dwarfed by the 33.7% who don’t intend to vote at all.

On a national level, the PL appears to enjoy the support of 39.4% of the electorate, a decline of 2.6 points since July, while the PN is supported by 19.9%, down by 5.9 points. 

This means the PN has hit its lowest score in a survey since June 2020, when the party was engaged in open warfare against its then leader Adrian Delia.  

Meanwhile, 22.5% of people said they don’t intend to vote, the highest it has been in several years. While ADPD has failed to capitalise on this sense of political apathy, only winning a measly 3.2% of support on a national level, the fact it has outpaced the main Opposition party among young voters will be a shot in the arm.

In fact, ADPD deputy leader Sandra Gauci hailed the survey’s findings as the result of non-stop work from the party in recent months.

PL is undoubtedly the big winner from this survey, with its nine-year dominance over Maltese politics showing no signs of abating, although the high degree of political apathy among the electorate should come as a concern.

PN is undoubtedly the big loser – although some could point at the relatively high margin of error among age subgroups as acknowledged by the MaltaToday survey, the main Opposition party should never be slipping behind a party that doesn’t have a seat in Parliament, particularly among such a crucial cohort of voters.

Cover photo: Left: PN leader Bernard Grech, Right: ADPD members after last March’s election

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Tim is interested in the rapid evolution of human society and is passionate about justice, human rights and cutting-edge political debates. You can follow him on Instagram or Twitter/X at @timdiacono or reach out to him at [email protected]

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