MANILA – Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio’s trust and performance rating shows signs of improvement, while President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s dropped in the latest survey from OCTA Research.
Based on the OCTA Research’s Tugon ng Masa (TNM) survey released on Tuesday morning, Duterte-Carpio received a trust rating of 58% and a performance rating of 56%.
Those numbers of the Vice President are higher compared to her 49% trust rating in the 4th Quarter 2024 survey and 48% performance rating in the November 2025 TNM survey.
“These increases mark a clear reversal of the downward trend since December 2023. This shift (on trust rating) departs from the downward trend observed from March 2023 to November 2024, during which her highest trust rating reached around 87%,” OCTA said.
President Marcos, on the other hand, got a trust rating of 60% and a performance rating of 59%, which are lower compared to 65% trust rating in the 4th Quarter 2024 TNM survey and 64% performance rating in the November 2024 TNM survey.
“This marks the lowest trust rating for President Marcos Jr. since the first quarter of 2024…A downward trend in his satisfaction ratings was observed since the July 2024 TNM Survey,” OCTA said.
However, OCTA explained that “despite declining ratings, most adult Filipinos continue to express trust and approval for the performance” of the Chief Executive.
The non-commissioned survey on the Trust and Performance Ratings of Top Government Officials was conducted from April 2 to 5 through face-to-face interviews.
A total of 1,200 male and female probability respondents aged 18 and above were interviewed for the study. The survey has a ±3% margin of error at a 95% confidence level./PN
