Marcos’ net satisfaction rate dips to ‘poor’ in Q3 2026 — SWS

MANILA, Philippines — The net satisfaction rating of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the third quarter of 2026 fell to “poor” from “neutral”, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.

According to the SWS survey for Sept. 21 to 21, 35 percent of adult Filipinos expressed satisfaction with Marcos, while 46 percent were dissatisfied and 20 percent were undecided with Marcos’ performance as President.

His overall net satisfaction rating is -11 percent, which is classified by the SWS as poor, which ranges between -10 and -29. 

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The survey was conducted with a sampling error of ±3% for national percentages, ±4% for Balance Luzon, and ±6% each for Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao.

“This is 4 points down from neutral -7 in June 2026, but remains above President Marcos’ personal record-low poor -15 in March 2026,” the SWS said.

This, as his net satisfaction in the third quarter was lower compared to 38 percent in the June 2026 survey. Meanwhile, the number of undecided rose from 17 percent, while the gross dissatisfaction fell only 1 percent from the previous 45 percent.

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Most of the adult Filipinos who felt satisfied were found in Balance Luzon with neutral net zero. This was followed by Visayas at poor with -13, Mindanao at poor at -21, and Metro Manila at poor with -27.

However, compared to the June survey results, Marcos’ net satisfaction in Balance Luzon fell by 11 points from ‘moderate’ +11, and by 10 points from ‘neutral’ -3 in Visayas, and by three points from ‘poor’ -24 in Metro Manila.

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Mindanao, on the other hand, increased by 14 points from ‘bad’ -35.

It added that “Compared to June 2026, President Marcos’ net satisfaction rating fell by 8 points from poor -12 to poor -20 in urban areas. Meanwhile, it stayed neutral in rural areas, up by 3 points from -2 to +1,”

Meanwhile, 47 percent of adult Filipinos said they heard or read about Marcos’ State of the Nation’s Address (Sona), while 53 percent responded that they did not. 

They were asked “May narinig o nabasa na po ba kayo tungkol sa State of the Nation Address (SONA) o talumpati ni PANGULONG FERDINAND MARCOS, JR. ukol sa katayuan ng bansa nitong July 27, 2026?” 

(“Have you heard or read anything about the State of the Nation Address (SONA) or speech about the country’s current condition by PRESIDENT FERDINAND MARCOS, JR. on July 27, 2026?”

Of the 47 percent, only 13 percent said that Marcos’ promises were believable, while 15 expressed that what he said was all unbelievable.

The other figures were at 13 percent that said “there are more believable than unbelievable”, 37 percent said “believable and unbelievable are equal”, 22 percent said “there are more unbelievable than believable”.

Thus, his net believability was at -11, which was down by 8 points from -3 last year of the same month.

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“In September 2003, when SWS asked the same item about President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s SONA, 23% found her description of the state of the nation believable and 36% found it unbelievable, for a net believability score of -13,” it said. /mr