President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. scored 50 percent on the latest Pulse Asia survey on the performance and trustworthiness of the country's top government officials, which was released Monday night.
The survey, conducted from September 6 to 13, 2024 indicated that Marcos' approval and trust scores were at 50 percent.
Meanwhile, Vice President Sara Duterte's approval went down by 9 percentage points, while her trust rating dipped by 10 percentage points.
The President's satisfaction rating in September is 3 points lower than June's figure of 53 percent.
The September survey found that 29 percent of the respondents were undecided and 21 percent were dissatisfied with Marcos' performance.
The President's trust score in September also slightly dropped 2 points from the 52 percent recorded in June.
The survey showed that 22 percent of the respondents had little or no trust for the President, while 28 percent were undecided.
Among geographical areas, the President got the highest satisfaction rating in Balance Luzon at 61 percent, followed by Metro Manila and Visayas both at 52 percent.
He got the lowest score in Mindanao at 26 percent.
President Marcos' trust rating was highest in Balance Luzon at 64 percent, while the lowest was recorded in Mindanao at 21 percent.
Marcos' approval and trust ratings were highest among the Class D income bracket both at 52 percent.
Duterte's approval went down from 69 percent in June to 60 percent in September, while her trust rating went down from 71 percent to 61 percent.
For other government officials, Senate President Chiz Escudero had an approval rating of 60 percent and a trust rating of 56 percent.
Speaker Martin Romualdez received a 32 percent approval score and a 31 percent trust score among respondents.
The September 2024 Ulat ng Bayan national survey was conducted through face-to-face interviews with 2,400 respondents nationwide. The survey has a ±2% error margin at the 95% confidence level. (PNA)
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