The public’s satisfaction with the performance of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. recovered in the second quarter as it rose across most demographics, the June 25 to 29 survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) released on Tuesday night showed.
The non-commissioned survey, which involved 1,200 adult Filipinos nationwide and has a ±3 percent margin of error, showed that 46 percent of Filipinos are satisfied with the President’s performance (up from 38 percent in April), while 36 percent are dissatisfied (down from 48 percent). Nineteen percent are undecided, up from 14 percent.
This resulted in a net satisfaction rating (percent of satisfied minus percent of dissatisfied) of “moderate” +10, up from a “poor” -10.
SWS describes net satisfaction ratings as “excellent” for +70 and above, “very good” for +50 to +69, “good” for +30 to +49, “moderate” for +10 to +29, “neutral” for +9 to -9, “poor” for 10 to -29, “bad” for -30 to -49, “very bad” for -50 to -69, and, “execrable” for -70 and below.
The polling firm said Marcos’ net satisfaction rating improved in all four major areas, with the highest recovery in Mindanao at a -9 (up by 35 points from -44), followed by Luzon at +28 (up by 7 points from 21 points), the Visayas at -2 (up by 9 points from -11) and in Metro Manila at +1 (up by 7 points from -6).
The President also improved his net satisfaction score across locales with +13 in urban areas (up from -14) and at +7 in rural areas (up from -4); and across gender at +11 among men (up from -8) and women at +10 (up from -11).
SWS said Marcos’ net satisfaction rating also improved across most age groups, with the highest among the 55 years old and above at +32 (up from +9), followed by the 45 to 55 and 35 to 44 groups at +5 each (up from -1 and -13, respectively), 25 to 34 at +4 (from -39) and 18 to 24 at -18 (from -19).
His net satisfaction rating also rose across different educational attainments, with the highest among non-elementary graduates at +34 (up from +2); followed by elementary graduates at +21 (up from +1); junior high school graduates at +10 (up from -9); senior high school graduates or some college education level at -2 (up from -19); and among college graduates at -13 (from -28).
