PULSO NG PILIPINO ---- The satisfaction rating of the Marcos Administration in its first year in office dipped slightly by three points from the +72% it scored in the Pulso ng Pilipino (PnP) survey during the first quarter of the current year to +69% in the latest non-commissioned PnP survey conducted by the Issues and Advocacy Center (The CENTER.)

          The survey which has a sample size of 1,200 respondents were

equitably distributed to reflect the number of registered voters in 2022 in all

the 16 political subdivisions of the country.

          The CENTER disclosed that it employed the most common standard

method in data gathering which is the Multi-stage, area probability sampling

(MSAP) with the village or the Barangay center as the first layer staging area

and with the field staff proceeding in either direction along the major streets

at the discretion of the researcher. 

          In the course of the face-to-face interviews, a skip interval method was

employed with five to seven houses in between calls in thickly populated

villages to obviate any bias in replies. Selective interviews were made taking

into account the demographic requirements such as gender, age and

socio-eco classification as the main considerations.

          In such situations, proper physical distancing was still observed

                                           including disinfection of the materials used. Calls were checked back at random by

                                           the Team Leader to ensure accuracy of data entered on the call cover and interview                                                 pages. The intelligence information gathered from the Listening Posts (LPs) were also                                             factored in. This layered system of intelligence gathering thru the LPs were first                                                       developed during the presidential campaign of the late President Fidel V. Ramos in                                                 1992 which ensures the accuracy of the Pulso ng Pilipino survey.

                                           The survey questionnaire used are easy to understand and the respondents are given                                             the option to simply respond by choosing from the questionnaire that were shown to                                               the respondents. The fieldwork for the survey was conducted nationwide on June 23                                               to 30, 2023 and the survey framework has a confidence level in excess of 98% and an                                             applied margin of error of 3.0% more or less.

                                                      This latest survey showed the satisfaction ratings of President Bongbong Marcos dropping by three points to +69% which The CENTER considers as still very high. Similarly, the satisfaction rating accruing to Vice President Inday Sara Duterte also dipped by four points to +68%. The satisfaction ratings of the country’s top two officials stook at identical +72% in the Pulso ng Pilipino survey of the First Quarter of 2023 which was conducted on April 11 to 18, 2023.

         The CENTER also said that while the satisfaction ratings of President Marcos and

Vice President Duterte may have dipped slightly, their trust ratings remained at

excellent levels. When the respondents were asked if they still trust or do not trust

that Marcos and Duterte are still on track in keeping with their campaign promises and

in running the government, some 83% said they still trust the President while 84% said

they still trust the Vice President.

          The CENTER also said the drop in the satisfaction rating for both the President

and the Vice President is understandable because the public’s expectation is always

high in the first year of their six-year term of the country’s top two officials. The people

expectedly want to see immediate results from their campaign promises and this trend

will taper off when the new government starts to settle down.

          At the same time, the satisfaction ratings of Senate President Juan Miguel ‘Migz’ Zubiri and Supreme                                                        Court Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo went up by four points and two points to                                                  +70% and +41%, respectively. Zubiri scored +66% and the Chief Justice posted                                                        +39% in their satisfaction ratings in the first quarter of the current year.

                                                        The satisfaction rating of House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez went                                                    down by two points to +55% from the +57% in the first quarter of 2023 and Th        e                                                  CENTER attributed this to the much publicized intramurals at the Lower House that                                                  led to the removal of Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as Senior Deputy Speaker.

                                                         Overall, majority of Filipinos are satisfied with the way the government functioned in                        its first year in office with majority of Filipinos expressing their complete trust in their top five officials of the country with Zubiri, Romualdez and Gesmundo posting positive trust ratings with 80%, 70% and 75%, respectively. # # #