Marcos Jr., Sara get high trust ratings in poll

MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos received high trust and satisfaction ratings in the latest survey by The Issues and Advocacy Center (The CENTER) as the new administration completed its first six months in office.

The CENTER said it conducted anew its noncommissioned PULSO ng PILIPINO nationwide survey to gauge the public’s perception relative to the performance of the Marcos administra-tion and measured the trust rating and satisfaction rating of the President.

President Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte both received a net rating of 81 percent and 82 percent, respectively, based on a gross trust rating of 87 percent for the President, and 88 percent for Duterte with both yielding to a similar, but negligible six percent of respondents who said they tend not to trust the country’s top two officials.

Seven percent of those polled said they are unsure of their perception for Marcos and six percent for Duterte.

The Pulso ng Pilipino survey also showed that Marcos was highly favored by 93 percent from the poorest “E” sector, 89 percent from the “D” group, and 84 percent from the upper to middle income households.

The Vice President was the preferred choice of those in the lower strata with 92 percent, 87 percent of the “D” class and 84 percent from the upper to middle income sector.
On their performance in office, Marcos ended the year with a 78 percent satisfaction rating with only four percent saying they are not satisfied with Marcos while 14 percent of the re-spondents were undecided.
Duterte registered the highest trust rating in Mindanao at 97 percent, 91 percent from Visayas, 81 percent in Luzon and, 84 percent in the National Capital Region (NCR).

Some 93 percent who trust Duterte were from the poorest sector, 87 percent were from the “D” class and 84 percent were from the upper to mid-income group.

The survey was conducted from Dec. 5 to 12, 2022 which covered some 1,200 respondents nationwide.

“The premise is to determine the level of trust and or distrust of the people towards the administration and, how satisfied or dissatisfied are the respondents with the performance of these top officials,” The CENTER said.