OCTA poll finds fewer ‘pro-Duterte’ among Pinoys

MANILA, Philippines — Support for the family of former president Rodrigo Duterte appears to have waned in the latest survey conducted by the OCTA Research group.

Results of the June 29 to July 1 survey found fewer respondents identifying themselves as “pro-Duterte.”

From 20 percent in the March survey, only 16 percent of the respondents in the latest poll said they support the Dutertes and their political alliance.

Meanwhile, those who considered themselves as “pro-Marcos” increased by five points from 31 percent to 36 percent.

Support for the opposition increased by a point from four percent to five percent.

Meanwhile, some 31 percent of the respondents said they neither
 support the Marcos administration, the Dutertes nor the opposition, up from 29 percent in the previous survey.

Those who said they do not know or refused to answer the survey question decreased from 15 percent to 11 percent.

Bailiwicks continue to play a factor in the support among politicians.

For the Duterte family, their largest share of support came from Mindanao at 50 percent, followed by the Visayas at 11 percent, Metro Manila at seven percent and rest of Luzon at five percent.

The Marcos administration, meanwhile, had its largest share of support among those in Metro Manila at 43 percent, closely followed by those in the rest of Luzon at 42 percent, the Visayas at 32 percent and Mindanao at 25 percent.

Support for the opposition was highest among those in the Visayas at 16 percent, followed by those in Metro Manila at five percent and rest of Luzon at three percent. None of the respondents from Mindanao said they support the opposition.

At 41 percent, the Visayas also had the largest share of respondents who said that they neither support the Marcos administration, the Dutertes nor the opposition. This was followed by 34 percent in balance Luzon, 33 percent in Metro Manila and 17 percent in Mindanao.

Across age groups, the survey found that support for the Marcos administration was highest among the oldest (75 and above, 69 percent) and youngest (18-24, 45 percent) respondents.

Most age groups in between said they neither support the administration, the Duterte nor the opposition.

The survey was conducted following the resignation of Vice President Sara Duterte as education secretary. It signaled the formal break between the UniTeam or the Marcos-Duterte tandem during the 2022 elections.

The OCTA survey had 1,200 adult respondents and a margin of error of plus/minus three percent.

Controversies

The decline in the people’s preference for the Duterte brand stemmed from controversies associated with the Duterte family, OCTA Research president Ranjit Rye said.

“In this survey, it is consistent with the first quarter, a lot of independents and the biggest loser, the group that lost… was the Dutertes,” professor Rye said yesterday in an interview with “Storycon” on One News.

“And a big chunk of our own citizens do not identify as either part of the pro-Duterte, pro-Marcos or the traditional opposition,” Rye said.

He attributed the Dutertes’ decline to many things which include political noise, Vice President Sara Duterte’s resignation as education secretary and other controversies associated with the family. — Jose Rodel Clapano