The survey was conducted just over a week after Duterte announced that she was running for president. The latest Pulse Asia poll on the issue, taken at the same time as the performance and trust ratings, had similar results. But the VP’s numbers recovered following her father’s arrest, and have since remained higher than BBM’s. Like the VP, BBM’s numbers in the first quarter of 2026 are flat, with just a statistically insignificant nudge in the March survey. In the next survey round, there could be more than a nudge in the survey numbers of the estranged UniTeam partners.
