Vice-President Sara Duterte posted the highest net satisfaction rating among four national officials measured in the First Quarter 2026 Social Weather Survey, with 54 percent of respondents satisfied and 25 percent dissatisfied with her performance, for a net of +29. The figure barely shifted from +28 in November 2025, classified by SWS as “moderate,” and outpaced then Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III at +15, Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo at +9, and Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III at +4.
Mindanao remained the engine of her support. Her rating there climbed 12 points to an excellent +82, the strongest mark recorded for any official in any region. A 5-point rise in Metro Manila, lifting her to +5, added to the gain. Working against those increases were a 5-point slide in the Visayas, where she fell to +36, and a 4-point dip in Balance Luzon to +5. The net effect was a 1-point uptick nationally.
A gender split sharpened the picture. Among men, Duterte’s rating rose 8 points to +29, holding in moderate territory. Among women, it dropped 7 points to +28, slipping out of the “good” band it had occupied the previous quarter.
Her standing softened among the youngest voters. Respondents aged 18 to 24 still rated her at a “good” +33, though that marked a 16-point fall from +49. The 25-34 bracket held nearly firm at +47, while the 35-44 group eased 5 points to +37. Those 55 and older moved into negative territory at -4, down 5 points.
Education produced the steepest movement against her. College graduates rated the Vice-President at -3, a 21-point drop from a moderate +18 that pushed her into neutral territory within that group. Non-elementary graduates kept her in “good” standing at +31 despite an 11-point decline, and those with some senior high school fell 8 points to +23. The trend reversed among lower-education respondents: junior high school graduates lifted her 10 points into “good” territory at +36, and elementary graduates raised her 7 points to +34.
By residence, her rating held good in rural areas at +36 and moderate in urban areas at +23, both close to their November 2025 marks.
The survey interviewed 1,500 adults nationwide from March 24 to 31, 2026, with a sampling error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points for national figures. SWS classifies net scores of +30 to +49 as “good” and +70 and above as “excellent.”
