Marcos, Duterte rated high for trust, performance – poll

PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte garnered high trust and performance ratings in October, according to a survey commissioned by OCTA Research.

Based on the Tugon ng Masa poll from October 23 to 27, 86 percent of respondents across the country trust both Marcos and Duterte, 4 percent distrust them, and 10 percent are undecided.

Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri is the next most trustworthy public official with a 52 percent percent trust rating, followed

by Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez with 38 percent and Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo with 24 percent.

Both Marcos and Duterte reported high trust ratings across all island groups, and recorded the highest rating in Mindanao, at 92 percent and 98 percent, respectively.

The area where Marcos had the lowest trust rating was in the National Capital Region, at 82 percent. Duterte is lowest in Balance Luzon at 81 percent.

Marcos and Duterte also garnered high trust ratings in Class E, at 90 and 92 percent, respectively, and 78 and 85 percent in class ABC.

Meanwhile, Marcos reported a 78 percent satisfaction on his performance as chief executive, 5 percent were dissatisfied, and 18 percent were undecided.

He has a high performance rating among respondents in Mindanao at 85 percent and lowest in Balance Luzon at 74 percent.

He also had a high performance rating among classes D and E at 79 and 77 percent, respectively, and 67 percent in Class ABC.

Duterte, meanwhile, had an 80 percent overall performance rating, with the highest rating reported in Mindanao at 96 percent and the lowest in Balance Luzon at 71 percent.

Satisfaction in her performance was high in class D and E at 81 and 80 percent, respectively, and 75 percent in Class ABC.

Fifty-three percent of respondents said that they were satisfied with the performance of Zubiri as Senate President, with the Visayas and Class D giving him the highest rating. Meanwhile, 44 percent of respondents expressed satisfaction with Romualdez’s job as speaker of the House of Representatives.

Thirty-three percent of respondents were satisfied with the performance of Gesmundo, 15 percent were dissatisfied, and 53 percent were undecided.

The noncommissioned survey had 1,200 respondents and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent.