OCTA survey shows majority trust, approval for Marcos, Duterte


Tugon ng Masa National Survey (OCTA RESEARCH)

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. received majority trust and approval scores in the latest survey of the OCTA Research released on Wednesday, Nov. 30.

OCTA’s Tugon ng Masa survey showed Marcos with an 86 percent trust rating, and 78 percent performance rating.

Only 4 percent expressed distrust in him, while 5 percent were dissatisfied with his performance.

Vice President Sara Duterte also received majority trust and approval scores at 86 percent and 80 percent, respectively.

She scored low distrust and dissatisfaction ratings, both at 4 percent.

According to OCTA, President Marcos registered the highest trust rating in Mindanao, at 92 percent, and the lowest trust rating in Metro Manila, at 82 percent.

Across socio-economic classes, President Marcos received the highest trust rating among Filipinos belonging to Class E or the “poorest,” at 90 percent.

Meanwhile, he received the lowest trust rating among Filipinos belonging to Class ABC or the upper-to-middle class, at 78 percent.

Furthermore, President Marcos’ performance ratings ranged from 74 percent to 85 percent, with the highest performance rating registered in Mindanao (85 percent), and the lowest performance rating in Balance Luzon (74 percent).

Across socio-economic classes, the President’s performance ratings ranged from 67 percent to 79 percent.

He received his highest performance rating from adult Filipinos belonging to Class D or the “masa” (79 percent), while his lowest performance rating came from adult Filipinos belonging to Class ABC (67 percent).

Duterte gets highest boost from Mindanaoans

Among adult Filipinos, 86 percent expressed trust in Vice President Duterte, while 4 percent conveyed distrust in her.

However, there were 10 percent of adult Filipinos that are undecided.

Across major areas, Duterte’s trust ratings ranged from 81 percent to 98 percent.

She received the highest trust rating from Mindanao (98 percent), while the lowest trust rating was from Balance Luzon, or areas in Luzon outside Metro Manila (81 percent).

Across socio-economic classes, the Vice President’s trust ratings ranged from 85 percent to 92 percent.

She received her highest trust rating from adult Filipinos belonging to Class E (92 percent) and the lowest trust rating from those belonging to Class ABC (85 percent).

Furthermore, 80 percent approved of the Vice President’s performance in the past three months.

Four percent expressed disapproval, while 16 percent were undecided.

“Across major areas, Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio’s performance ratings range from 71 percent to 96 percent. Her highest performance rating is in Mindanao (96 percent), and her lowest is in Balanced Luzon (71 percent),” OCTA said.

“In terms of socio-economic classes, Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio’s performance ratings range from 75 percent to 81 percent. She received her highest performance rating from adult Filipinos belonging to Class D (81 percent) and her lowest performance rating from adult Filipinos belonging to Class ABC (75 percent),” it added.

Tugon ng Masa national survey is an independent and non-commissioned poll conducted regularly by the OCTA Research.

OCTA conducted its latest survey from Oct. 23 to 27 with 1,200 adult respondents nationwide.

In the survey, the OCTA asked the respondents about their level of trust towards the country’s top government officials over the past three months.

The research group also asked them about their opinion regarding the government officials’ performance during the same survey period.