The Marcos Jr. administration registered a 32% satisfaction rating based on the recently released Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted in late March. Twenty-one percent are undecided, while 46% are dissatisfied. Taken together, this means nearly half the public is unhappy, while a significant share remains uncommitted or uncertain on how to register their views.
What makes this 32% more than a statistical dip is its directionality. It marks a plunge from the previous quarter, in late 2025, when the administration still registered a moderate net satisfaction rating of +14, before falling to -13 in March 2026. It is a 27-point swing that pushed it into the “poor” threshold based on the SWS classification. It was, according to SWS, “the lowest in 16 years since the bad -45 in March 2010 under the Arroyo administration.”
Regionally, the pattern is pretty clear. In Luzon sans the country’s capital region, the SWS table shows that 39% are satisfied while 39% are dissatisfied, leaving the administration with a net satisfaction score of zero. It’s a statistical standoff that doesn’t show up anywhere else.
In Metro Manila, 29% say they’re satisfied, while 52% are dissatisfied, giving a net score of -23. In the Visayas, it’s 28% versus 51%, also -23. In Mindanao, the DDS stronghold, it slips further to 25% satisfied and 52% dissatisfied, at -27.
