Marcos, Duterte enjoy majority approval, trust ratings in latest Pulse Asia survey

Raffy Cabristante, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Awareness and performance ratings of top national officials. Pulse Asia" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/04/12/performance-ratings.png"/><figcaption>Awareness and performance ratings of top national officials.<em> Pulse Asia</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte enjoyed majority approval and trust ratings in March, results of a <a href="https://pulseasia.ph/updates/march-2023-nationwide-survey-on-the-performance-and-trustworthiness-ratings-of-the-top-philippine-government-officials-and-the-performance-ratings-of-the-national-administration">Pulse Asia survey</a> showed Wednesday.</p><p>The survey results showed that Marcos had an approval rating of 78 percent, while Duterte had 83 percent. </p><p>&quot;Majority approval scores are enjoyed by the President and the Vice-President in all geographic areas and socio-economic groupings,&quot; Pulse Asia said. </p><p>Their ratings were &quot;virtually unchanged&quot; between November 2022 and March 2023, the pollster noted. </p><p>Both Marcos and Duterte are also &quot;trusted by most of the country&#x27;s adult population,&quot; Pulse Asia said. </p><p>Marcos enjoyed a trust rating of 80 percent, while Duterte scored 85 percent. </p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Trust ratings of top national officials. Pulse Asia " src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/04/12/trust-ratings.png"/><figcaption>Trust ratings of top national officials. <em>Pulse Asia</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and House Speaker Martin Romualdez, meanwhile, tied in their approval ratings after they both got 51 percent. </p><p>Their trust ratings slightly differed, however, with Zubiri gaining 48 percent and Romualdez obtaining 44 percent.</p><p>Among the country&#x27;s top national officials, Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo recorded the lowest approval and trust ratings with 43 percent and 39 percent, respectively.</p><p>The pollster further noted that public assessment of the administration&#x27;s performance was &quot;generally positive,&quot; with very few changes recorded between the March survey and the previous poll it held last November.</p><p>The 3 most urgent issues that respondents felt the government needed to address were controlling inflation (60 percent), increasing workers&#x27; pay (44 percent), and creating more jobs (30 percent).</p><p>The survey results showed that 52 percent of Filipinos disapproved of the administration&#x27;s performance in addressing inflation. But majority of respondents approved of its performance in addressing other national issues such as calamity response and protecting the welfare of migrant workers.</p><p>The Pulse Asia survey was conducted between March 15 and 19, using in-person interviews with 1,200 adults aged 18 above across Metro Manila, Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao. It had a ± 2.8 percent error margin.</p><p>Some of the key developments that took place at the time the survey was held included the assassination of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo, the House of Representatives&#x27; approval of a bill calling for a convention to amend the 1987 Constitution, the Mindoro oil spill, and the naming of 4 additional military bases the United States can use under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA).</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yPuEcvdql8U?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

President Marcos Jr. and VP Sara Duterte enjoyed majority approval and trust ratings in March, results of a Pulse Asia survey showed Wednesday.

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Marcos, Duterte enjoy majority approval, trust ratings in latest Pulse Asia survey

Marcos, Duterte enjoy majority approval, trust ratings in latest Pulse Asia survey

Raffy Cabristante,

ABS-CBN News

Published Apr 12, 2023 11:25 AM PHT

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Updated Apr 12, 2023 11:26 AM PHT

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