PRESIDENT Marcos Jr. suffered a slight drop in his approval and trust ratings which went down to 55 percent and 52 percent, respectively, while his distrust rating rose by six points to 21 percent, the June 17 to 24 Ulat ng Bayan survey of Pulse Asia Research Inc., showed.
The survey, which involved 2,500 adult respondents with a margin of error of ± 2.5 percent, also showed that Vice President Sara Duterte remained the most approved and most trusted among the country’s top officials.
The June survey showed the President and the Vice-President enjoying majority approval scores of 53 percent and 69 percent, respectively, while Speaker Martin Romualdez garnered 35 percent
Marcos’ approval rating dropped by 2 points from 55 percent in March while Duterte’s and Romualdez’ increased by 2 points and 4 points from 67 percent and 31 percent, respectively.
The Speaker suffered the lowest disapproval rating among top government officials with 21 percent (down from 26 percent) followed by the President with 19 percent (down from 20 percent) and the Vice President with 9 percent (down from 11 percent).
Except for Mindanao (with 38 percent down from 40 percent) and socio-economic class ABC (49 percent down from 62 percent), Marcos enjoyed majority approval rating across geographical and socio-economic classes with 61 percent in the National Capital Region (NCR), up from 47 percent; 57 percent in Luzon (down from 66 percent), 56 percent in the Visayas (down from 54 percent), 53 percent among class D (down from 56 percent) and 52 percent among class E (up from 48 percent).
He also earned his highest disapproval rating of 28 percent from Mindanao and classes D and E with 19 percent each.
Duterte garnered a majority approval rating across geographical and socio-economic classes with the highest in Mindanao at 95 percent (up from 92 percent), followed by 80 percent from the Visayas (up from 64 percent), 64 percent in NCR (up from 52 percent) and Luzon with 54 percent (down from 61 percent); and class E with 82 percent (up from 65 percent), followed by class D with 69 percent (up from 68 percent), and class ABC with 57 percent (down from 63 percent).
Her highest disapproval rating was in NCR with 18 percent and Class ABC with 12 percent.
Romualdez was most approved in the Visayas with 59 percent (up from 33 percent), followed by NCR with 36 percent (up from 34 percent), Luzon with 29 percent (down from 32 percent), and Mindanao with 25 percent (unchanged); and among socio-economic class E with 41 percent (up from 20 percent), followed by class D with 34 percent (unchanged) and ABC with 34 percent (up from 28 percent).
The Speaker’s highest disapproval rating was among those from Luzon and class ABC with 23 percent and 27 percent, respectively.
MOST TRUSTED
Pulse Asia found that Duterte was the most trusted by Filipinos with 71 percent (unchanged from March), followed by Senate President Francis Escudero with 69 percent, Marcos with 52 percent (down by 5 points from 57 percent) and Romualdez with 35 percent (up from 31 percent).
The Speaker was also the most distrusted with 23 percent (down from 24 percent), followed by the President with 21 percent (up by six points from 15 percent), the Vice President with 8 percent (unchanged) and the Senate President with 5 percent.
Marcos enjoyed majority trust across geographical areas and socioeconomic classes except in Mindanao (35 percent down from 38 percent) and among class E (48 percent up from 45 percent).
He was most trusted in NCR with 59 percent (up from 55 percent), followed by Luzon with 58 percent (down by 9 points from 67 percent), and the Visayas with 54 percent (unchanged); class D with 53 percent (down by 5 points from 58 percent) followed by class ABC with 50 percent (down by 13 points from 63 percent).
He earned his highest distrust rating of 32 percent from Mindanao and classes ABC with 24 percent each.
Duterte garnered majority trust rating across geographical and socio-economic classes with the highest in Mindanao at 95 percent (unchanged), followed by 80 percent from the Visayas (up from 72 percent), 66 percent in NCR (up from 60 percent) and Luzon with 56 percent (down from 62 percent); and class E with 80 percent (up from 69 percent), followed by class D with 71 percent (down from 72 percent), and class ABC with 59 percent (down from 68 percent).
Her highest distrust rating was from NCR with 19 percent and Class ABC with 20 percent.
Escudero enjoyed a majority trust rating across geographical and socio-economic classes with the highest in NCR at 75 percent followed by 71 percent from Luzon, 67 percent in the Visayas and 64 percent in Mindanao; and class E with 74 percent, followed by class D with 69 percent, and class ABC with 63 percent (down from 68 percent).
Romualdez enjoyed a majority trust rating of 57 percent (up from 27 percent) in the Visayas, followed by NCR with 37 percent (up from 33 percent), Luzon with 31 percent (down from 36 percent), and Mindanao with 24 percent (up from 21 percent); and among socio-economic class E with 40 percent (up from 22 percent), followed by class ABC with 36 percent (up from 35 percent), and class E with 34 percent (up from 32 percent).
The Speaker’s highest disapproval rating was from Mindanao with 32 percent and class ABC with 28 percent.
The Pulse Asia survey was conducted a couple of days after Duterte resigned as Education Secretary and Executive Order 62 which lowered taxes on imported rice to 15 percent from 35 percent was issued by Malacañang.
It was also held about a month after Escudero assumed the Senate Presidency, and days before the violent confrontation in the West Philippine Sea between the Philippine forces and the Chinese Coast Guard that resulted in the serious injury to a Filipino Navy member which was initially described as an “accident and misunderstanding.”
Government officials, including the President, later clarified this as a deliberate attempt by the Chinese to stop the Philippine mission from delivering supplies to troops in Ayungin.
AN ‘INSPIRATION’
Escudero said the 69 percent trust rating he got in the latest Pulse Asia survey serves as an “inspiration” for him to work harder and maintain the people’s trust in him.
“Sa ngalan ng Senado, taos puso ang aming pasasalamat sa tiwalang pinagkaloob sa amin ng ating mga kababayan at patuloy kaming magsusumikap na panatilihin ang tiwala nila (on behalf of the Senate, we would like to thank the people for placing their trust on us and this will serve as motivation to strive harder to keep their trust on us),” Escudero said in a Viber message to the media.
He said high survey ratings serve as an inspiration to them, while low ratings serve as a reminder to strive even harder.
Whether he receives a high or low rating, Escudero said he will continue his job of serving the Filipino people. — With Raymond Africa