Sara's trust, approval ratings higher than BBM - poll

The approval and trust ratings of Vice President Sara Duterte remained higher than those of President Marcos, according to a survey conducted by Pulse Asia last month.

- JANVIC MATEO

Duterte, who recently resigned as education secretary, obtained an approval rating of 69 percent, 16 points higher than the 53 percent approval score of Marcos.

The poll was conducted from June 17 to 24, which coincided with Duterte’s resignation from the Cabinet.

Compared to a similar survey conducted in March, approval of Duterte increased by two points from 67 percent. Marcos’ approval rating went down by two points from 55 percent.

Disapproval with Duterte decreased from 11 percent to nine percent, while disapproval with Marcos hardly moved from 20 percent to 19 percent.

Those who were undecided remained at 22 percent for Duterte while it increased from 25 to 29 percent for Marcos.