Marcos administration recovers from record-low satisfaction ratings but stays below 2025 average: SWS survey
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s administration gained a net satisfaction rating of +1 in June, according to the national Social Weather Survey, but remains way below its +14 rating in November 2025.
In its survey conducted from June 20 to 29, 2026 and released Wednesday, SWS classified the results as "neutral," which is a marked improvement from the administration's record-low -13 "poor" rating in March 2026.
The survey found 42% of the adult Filipino respondents were satisfied with the Marcos Jr. administration's performance; 40% were dissatisfied; and 17% remained neutral.
To come up with the overall rating, SWS asked respondents to grade the administration in 17 specific performance subjects.
Participants gave the administration a net satisfaction rating of "very good" in four subjects: basic education for youth (+68), quality of children's education (+58), poverty alleviation (+52), and job generation (+51).
The administration was rated "good" in five other areas: Science and technology development (+49), housing programs for the poor (+48), food security (+41), Philippine sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea (+35), and public transportation system (+33).
It was moderate in three subjects: "Ensuring that no family will ever be hungry and have nothing to eat" (+26), climate change contingency plans (+24), and "Taking care of Filipinos in Middle Eastern countries" and others affected by war (+15).
Respondents remained largely neutral about the administration's efforts in the following areas: Solutions for rising oil prices (net zero), "Ensuring that oil companies do not take advantage of oil prices" (-6), and fighting crime (-8).
The administration was rated "poor" in fighting inflation (-12) and eradicating graft and corruption in government (-14).
Compared to the March 2026 ratings, the administration's net satisfaction rating improved in several subjects: "Ensuring no family will ever be hungry" (up by 14 points), and a nine-point increase in science and technology development, job generation, improving public transportation, and food security.
Satisfaction also rose in the government's efforts to defend Philippine sovereignty in WPS, help the poor, keep oil companies in check, improve the quality of children's education, find solutions for rising oil prices, fight inflation, and implement housing programs for the poor.
Comparing March and June results, there was less satisfaction in the Marcos Jr. administration's efforts in removing graft and corruption in government, its care for OFWs in war-torn Middle Eastern countries, and its preparations for the effects of climate change.
The rating for the administration's fight against crime barely moved between March and June.
SWS' record-low "poor" rating of the administration in March 2026 was the lowest in 16 years for any national administration since the Arroyo administration recorded a "bad" -45 rating in March 2010.
