President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s public trust rating has fallen to 34 percent in the most recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, whereas Vice President Sara Duterte held onto a steady trust score of 57 percent.
The countrywide poll, which was commissioned by the Stratbase Group and executed during the second quarter of 2026, revealed that 34 percent of Filipinos held “much trust” in Marcos. Conversely, 45 percent voiced “little trust” in the President, and 19 percent were left undecided.
The SWS pointed out that these new statistics show a persistent drop in Marcos’ trust numbers starting from the middle of 2024.
“The latest figures continue a downward trend from the President’s 64 percent trust rating in July 2024. Trust steadily declined throughout 2025, briefly recovering to 48 percent in June 2025 before falling again over the succeeding months to 34 percent in the latest survey,” SWS said.
The identical poll demonstrated that Duterte’s trust numbers held flat compared to the quarter before, with 57 percent of those surveyed noting they had “much trust” in the Vice President. Meanwhile, 27 percent registered “little trust” in her, with 15 percent remaining on the fence.
The polling body observed that Duterte’s collective trust metric did not budge, even with an uptick in participants noting reduced confidence in her.
“The survey found that 57 percent of Filipinos said they had much trust in the Vice President in June 2026, unchanged from March this year,” SWS said.
“However, the number of people who said they had little trust in her rose by five percentage points to 27 percent, while 15 percent were undecided,” it added.
The research collected data from 1,200 adult Filipinos via in-person interviews utilizing structured questionnaires alongside visual aids.
According to SWS, the study has a margin of error of ±3 percentage points for the national data and ±6 percentage points for Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao, computed at a 95-percent confidence level.
These survey findings were made public mere days ahead of Marcos delivering his fifth State of the Nation Address on July 27.