(UPDATES) FOR the first time, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s trust and performance ratings eclipsed those of Vice President Sara Duterte in the latest survey conducted by pollster OCTA Research.
In its second quarter Tugon ng Masa survey conducted from June 30 to July 5, 2024, Marcos gained a 71 percent trust rating, a 2 percentage point increase from the previous survey period, while Duterte received a 65 percent trust rating, which is lower than the 68 percent reported in the previous quarter.
The survey period comes a few weeks after Duterte resigned from the Marcos Cabinet as education secretary.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. PCO Photo
OCTA said that this was the second consecutive quarter that Duterte experienced a decline in her trust rating, which began in the fourth quarter TNM survey in December.
The increase in Marcos’ trust ratings was due to the increase in Mindanao by 8 percentage points and an 11-percentage point gain among AB and C socioeconomic classes.
Meanwhile, Duterte’s decline was due to the decrease in the Visayas by 3 percentage points and 4 percentage points in Balanced Luzon, as well as the decrease in trust rating among Class D and E by 3 and 4 percentage points, respectively.
Senate President Francis Escudero received a 67 percent trust rating, his first since his ascension as leader of the upper chamber, while Speaker Martin Romualdez received a 62 percent trust rating, a slight increase within the margin of error.
Romualdez’s trust ratings spiked in Mindanao, where he received a 9-percentage-point increase, which offset his 4-percentage-point drop in the Visayas.
Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo, on the other hand, slid down 2 percentage points from 15 percent to 13 percent due to a 16-point decline in the Visayas.
Marcos also led Duterte in performance, with 68 percent of adult respondents satisfied with the Chief Executive’s performance, an increase of 3 percentage points from the previous quarter but still within the margin of error.
Duterte, meanwhile, suffered a 4-percentage-point drop in her performance rating from the previous quarter, for a performance rating of 60 percent.
It is also the second consecutive quarter that her performance ratings declined, beginning with the fourth quarter TNM survey.
Duterte experienced declines in performance ratings among all regions, with the highest in the National Capital Region at 6 percentage points and the Visayas at 4 percentage points.
President Marcos on Tuesday vowed to “continue to do more and even try to do even better” to uplift the lives of Filipinos, as he welcomed the increase in his trust and performance ratings.
Speaking to reporters in Malacañang, the President said it was good that more Filipinos were starting to appreciate his work.
“It is more that it is seen that we’re really doing our best to alleviate the hardships of the people,” the President said.
“So it’s good [to] have that kind of result or statistic behind you, and again, every time this happens as far as I’m concerned, it seems to be people are beginning to understand what we are trying to do, they’re beginning to feel the effects of it,” he added.
Marcos said the latest survey inspired him to work harder for the betterment of the country.
“So we must continue to do more and even try to do even better. So, that’s always an inspiration for me,” he said.
In a statement, Romualdez said that his high performance ratings are attributed to the collective efforts of his House colleagues in advancing legislation that directly benefits the Filipino people.
The survey had 1,500 respondents with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent nationwide.
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