MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. celebrated his birthday on Friday, September 13, with a piece of good news — a survey showing a double-digit increase in the satisfaction numbers of his administration in the second quarter of 2024.
The poll conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS) in June said 62% of Filipinos were satisfied with the government’s performance, a 10-percentage-point increase from the 52% in March, while 22% of the 1,500 respondents were dissatisfied, a figure mostly unchanged from the previous 23%. The percentage of people undecided dropped from 23% to 15%.
This gives the Marcos administration a net satisfaction rating of +40 in June, classified by SWS as “good.” It is a significant improvement from the “moderate” +29 in March.
Here’s how the administration scored on various issues:
- Very good: helping victims of disasters (+64), improving the quality of children’s education (+62), helping the poor (+51)
- Good: 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), ensuring food security (+35)
- Moderate: preparing for problems being caused by climate change (+29), defending Philippine sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea (+22), ensuring that no family will ever be hungry and have nothing to eat (+18)
- Neutral: fighting crimes that victimize ordinary citizens (-2), ensuring that oil companies do not take advantage of oil prices (-3)
- Poor: eradicating graft and corruption in government (-10), fighting inflation (-16)
Geographically speaking, the Marcos administration’s net satisfaction rating was highest in Metro Manila (+52), followed by Balance Luzon (+48) and the Visayas (+32).
The administration registered a “moderate” +25 in Mindanao, the home region of Vice President Sara Duterte, who had already resigned from the Cabinet by the time the survey was conducted from June 23 to July 1. – Rappler.com