TRACKER: Public opinion polls on Marcos, Duterte

From political allies under the “UniTeam” banner to mortal enemies, President Bongbong Marcos’ and Vice President Sara Duterte’s catastrophic breakup in 2024 has continued to stir up chaos in wider Philippine politics years later. In the lead up to the 2028 presidential elections, public trust and satisfaction with their performances will play a key role in how major political events will unfold — and how their feud may ultimately end. So, who do Filipinos like more between their president and vice president? Here’s a real-time tracker of what major surveys from the Social Weather Stations (SWS) and Pulse Asia have found. Latest survey results Hover/tap bars for details. Figures may not total to 100% due to rounding off. SWS terminology for net satisfaction: +70 and above (Excellent), +50 to +69 (Very good), +30 to +49 (Good), +10 to +29 (Moderate), +9 to -9 (Neutral), -10 to -29 (Poor), -30 to -49 (Bad), -50 to -69 (Very bad), -70 and below (Execrable). Satisfaction The SWS releases satisfaction ratings for the president and vice president as part of its quarterly social weather survey, which is a non-commissioned national survey “done on SWS’s own initiative and released as a public service.” To gather this data, SWS asks respondents — limited to Filipinos aged 18 and above — during face-to-face interviews how satisfied or dissatisfied they are with the performance of an official in their role. SWS net satisfaction ratings Net satisfaction ratings are computed as the percentage of respondents who said they were satisfied with the performance of the public official minus the percentage of respondents dissatisfied. Tap points to lock details. Drag chart to pan. How do these ratings compare to past presidents and vice presidents? Here’s the data from SWS. SWS net satisfaction ratings of Philippine presidents (1986 to present) Tap points to lock details. Drag chart to pan. SWS net satisfaction ratings of Philippine vice presidents (1986 to present) Tap points to lock details. Drag chart to pan. Performance Performance ratings are gathered by Pulse Asia as part of their quarterly Ulat ng Bayan and Pulso ng Bayan pre-electoral national surveys. Like the SWS surveys, Pulse Asia conducts its polls through face-to-face interviews with Filipino respondents aged 18 and above. They asked respondents to give their opinion regarding key public officials’ performance of their duties in the last three months. Performance ratings from Pulse Asia Tap points to lock details. Drag chart to pan. Vertical lines denote key events. Trust Both SWS and Pulse Asia have conducted surveys on trust for Marcos and Duterte, although the ones conducted by SWS were commissioned by Philippine-based consultancy firm Stratbase Consultancy. Thus, they cover only the period July 2024 to November 2025. Pulse Asia’s trust ratings are gathered together with the performance ratings for the Ulat ng Bayan and Pulso ng Bayan surveys. Trust ratings from SWS and Pulse Asia Tap points to lock details. Drag chart to pan. Vertical lines denote key events. This tracker will be updated as survey results are released. – Rappler.com Coding for this layout was done with the assistance of AI.