64% of Filipinos believe their House rep is doing a ‘good job’ – survey

MANILA, Philippines — Majority of Filipinos believe their district representative is doing a “good job” performing their role at the House of Representatives, according to Octa Research.

Based on its second quarter Tugon ng Masa survey released on Monday, Octa Research noted that 64 percent of Filipinos said their current congressman or congresswoman is doing well at their job.

The research firm said the latest result indicates that “people separate ‘my congressman’ from ‘Congress’ as an abstract body.”

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Octa Research noted this while citing its separate survey showing that 38 percent of Filipinos trust the House of Representatives and 37 percent see the institution performing well.

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Meanwhile, 27 percent of the surveyed Filipinos believe that their district representative is “doing badly” at their job.

The remaining 9 percent of respondents do not know or cannot say how their congressman or congresswoman performs in Congress.

 ‘Satisfaction highest in Visayas, Class E respondents’

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According to Octa Research, the majority of respondents who said their representative is doing a good job representing their district in the House of Representatives came from Visayas (68 percent).

This was followed by Mindanao (65 percent), Balance Luzon (63 percent), and Metro Manila (60 percent).

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As for the socioeconomic class, positive assessments of district representatives are highest among Class E at 72 percent, followed by Class D at 63 percent and Class ABC at 62 percent. 

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Conducted from July 4 to 11, the survey used face-to-face interviews among 1,200 respondents, aged 18 and above. It had a ±3 percent margin of error and 95 percent confidence level. /jpv