AT least 36 percent of Filipinos consider themselves pro-Marcos or supportive of the administration of President Marcos Jr. while close to 16 percent said they are pro-Duterte or supportive of the Dutertes and their political alliance, the June 26 to July 1 Tugon ng Masa (TNM) survey of OCTA Research showed.
The survey, which involved 1,200 adult respondents with a margin of error of ±3 percent, also showed that 31 percent of Filipinos said they are neither pro-Marcos, pro-Duterte nor do they support the opposition, while 5 percent said they support the opposition. Eleven percent do not know or refuse to say their political preference.
OCTA said the pro-Marcos rose by five points from 31 percent in March while the pro-Duterte dropped by four points from 20 percent.
Those who are neither pro-Marcos, pro-Duterte or pro-opposition rose by 2 points from 29 percent while the pro-opposition was statistically unchanged from 4 percent. Those who do not know or refused to say their political preference dropped by 4 points from 15 percent.
OCTA said the pro-Marcos ranged between 25 percent to 43 percent across geographical locations, with the highest coming from the National Capital Region (NCR) with 43 percent, followed by those from Luzon (42 percent), the Visayas (32 percent) and Mindanao (25 percent), and between 25 percent to 40 percent among socio-economic classes with the highest from Class ABC (40 percent), followed by Class D (37 percent) and Class E (25 percent).
The majority of Mindanaoans said they are pro-Duterte (50 percent), followed by those from the Visayas (11 percent), NCR (7 percent), and Luzon (5 percent) while those supportive of the Dutertes were highest among socio-economic class E (33 percent) followed by Class D (16 percent) and ABC (4 percent).
Pro-opposition garnered their highest support from the Visayas (16 percent) followed by those from NCR (5 percent), and Luzon (3 percent); and from Class E (8 percent) followed by Class D (5 percent) and Class ABC (2 percent).
Those who claimed they were neither pro-Marcos, pro-Duterte, or pro-opposition were highest in the Visayas (41 percent), followed by Luzon (34 percent), NCR (33 percent) and Mindanao (17 percent); and Class ABC (44 percent) followed by Cass D (30 percent) and Class E (27 percent).
OCTA said pro-Marcos supporters ranged from 6 percent to 83 percent across the different regions with the majority coming from the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) at 83 percent, Cagayan Valley at 79 percent, Eastern Visayas at 75 percent, Mimaropa at 69 percent, and Ilocos region at 60 percent.
Majority support for the Dutertes was highest in the Davao region (70 percent), Caraga (67 percent), and Soccsksargen (52 percent) while the highest support for the opposition came from Central Visayas (26 percent).
Among age groups, the pro-Marcos were highest among 75-years-old and higher (69 percent), followed by the 18 to 24-years-old (45 percent) and 65 to 74 years old (40 percent); while the pro-Duterte were highest among the 65 to 74 years old (21 percent), and the 25 to 34-years-old and 35 to44-years old (20 percent each). Pro-opposition was highest among the 65 to 74-year-olds and 18 to 24-year-olds (9 percent each), and 55 to 64-year-olds (5 percent).
