Marcos trust rating drops to 34%; VP Sara stable at 57% -- SWS survey

President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s trust rating has declined to 34%, while Vice President Sara Duterte's remains stable at 57%, according to the latest survey by Social Weather Stations (SWS). Commissioned by Stratbase Group, the survey conducted in the second quarter of 2026 showed that only 34% of Filipinos said they had "much trust" in Marcos. Meanwhile, 45% of Filipinos said they had “little trust” in the President and 19% were “undecided.” “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 same survey, meanwhile, found that 57% of Filipinos had “much trust” in Duterte, while 27% expressed “little trust” and 15% were “undecided.” “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 SWS survey was conducted through face-to-face interviews of 1,200 Filipino adults using a structured questionnaire with visuals. It has an error margin of ±3% for national percentages, ±6% for Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, at the 95% confidence level. The survey comes a week before Marcos' fifth State of the Nation Address on July 27, 2026. Stratbase Institute President Victor Andres "Dindo" Manhit said the results of the recent survey should serve as a “wake-up call” for the current administration. “As President Marcos prepares to deliver his fifth SONA, Filipinos will be looking not for rhetoric but for a clear plan to address the issues that affect their daily lives,” Manhit said. —RF, GMA News