Marcos, Duterte achieve high trust, performance scores in latest OCTA survey
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio enjoyed high trust and performance ratings in October 2022, based on a survey commissioned by OCTA Research,
According to a Tugon ng Masa study conducted from October 23 to October 27, 2022, 86 percent of respondents nationwide have confidence in both Marcos and Duterte, while 4 percent have mistrust for them, and 10 percent are unsure.
With a confidence rating of 52 percent, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri ranked second among public officials, behind only Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez (38%) and Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo (24%).
Both Marcos and Duterte enjoyed high trust scores, with 92 percent and 98 percent, respectively, across all island groups.
Marcos and Duterte likewise received high trust ratings in Class E, at 90 and 92 percent respectively and 78 and 85 percent in class ABC.
In the meantime, Marcos said that 78 percent of Filipinos were content with his work as president, while 5 percent were not, and 18 percent were unsure.
In Mindanao, respondents gave him an 85 percent performance rating, while Balance Luzon gave him a 74 percent grade.
In addition, he received good performance ratings from classes D and E (79 and 77 percent, respectively), but just 67 percent of Class ABC members were pleased with his work.
Duterte, on the other hand, had an 80 percent overall performance rating, with Mindanao receiving a 96 percent rating and Balance Luzon receiving a 71 percent rating.
She received high ratings for her performance in classes D and E (81 and 80 percent, respectively), as well as in Class ABC (75 percent).
The non-commissioned survey had 1,200 participants and a three percent margin of error.
Many netizens were incredulous at the high performance ratings of the Marcos administration despite the rising cost of living and the government’s seeming inability to fix the country’s economy. Some dismissed the results of the survey as propaganda, while others viewed it as a reflection of the low IQ of the voting public.
