President Marcos' administration experienced a significant increase in net satisfaction ratings in the second quarter of 2024, based on the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results.
In a report published on Friday, Sept. 13, SWS revealed that 62 percent of adult Filipinos are satisfied with the current administration’s performance, 15 percent are neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, and 22 percent are dissatisfied, yielding a net satisfaction rating of +40 (percentage of satisfied minus percentage of dissatisfied), which SWS has classified as “good.”
SWS said this is an 11-point increase from the +29 rating in March 2024, but 12 points lower than the +52 rating in December 2023.
It attributed the improvement in the administration’s net satisfaction rating from March to June 2024 to increases across all areas.
The net satisfaction with the Marcos administration was highest in Metro Manila at +52 (excellent), followed by Balance Luzon at +48 (good), the Visayas at +32 (good), and Mindanao at +25 (moderate).
‘Governance report card’
Out of 15 performance subjects assessed, the Marcos administration received “very good” ratings in three subjects, “good” in five, “moderate” in three, “neutral” in two, and “poor” in two, based on the SWS’ Governance Report Card.
The Marcos administration was very good in helping victims of disasters (+64), improving the quality of children's education (+62), and helping the poor (+51).
Meanwhile, the government got good ratings on implementing housing programs for the poor (+47), developing science and technology (+46), creating policies that will generate job opportunities (+45), ensuring an efficient public transportation system (+38), and ensuring food security (+35).
It was moderate in preparing for problems being caused by climate change (+29), defending Philippine sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea (+22), and ensuring that no family will ever be hungry and have nothing to eat (+18).
However, the current administration got neutral ratings on fighting crimes that victimize ordinary citizens, like killings, holdups, robberies, and physical violence, among others (-2), and ensuring that oil companies do not take advantage of oil prices (-3).
It received the lowest scores on eradicating graft and corruption in government (-10) and fighting inflation (-16), both classified as poor ratings.
The Second Quarter 2024 Social Weather Survey, conducted from June 23 to July 1, was fielded through face-to-face interviews with 1,500 adults aged 18 and above nationwide.
The sampling error margins are ±2.5 percent for national percentages, ±4 percent for Balance Luzon, and ±5.7 percent for Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao.