Vice President Sara Duterte received the highest approval and trust ratings — 74 percent and 78 percent, respectively — among the four most powerful public officials in the country, the latest Pulse Asia survey showed on Monday.

Conducted between 3 and 7 December 2023, the poll showed Duterte's approval rating increasing by one percentage point from 73 percent in September 2023.

Her trust rating climbed slightly by three percentage points to 78 percent in December from 75 percent in September 2023.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. came in second with a 68 percent approval rating and 73 percent trust rating.

The President's approval rating increased by three percentage points from 65 percent last September, while his trust rating improved by two percentage points from 71 percent in the previous quarter.

"The overall performance scores of the country's leading government officials remain essentially unchanged between September 2023 and December 2023, although there are several marked movements across geographic and socio-economic subgroupings," Pulse Asia said in its report.

"The President and the Vice President both have majority approval scores in every area (62 percent to 74 percent and 61 percent to 93 percent, respectively) and class (63 percent to 69 percent and 72 percent to 79 percent, respectively)," the private pollster pointed out.

Public opinion regarding the trustworthiness of both the President and Vice President hardly changed between September 2023 and December 2023, both at the national level and across subgroupings.

Majority trust ratings are enjoyed by the President and the Vice President in different areas (70 percent to 76 percent and 69 percent to 96 percent, respectively) and classes (71 percent to 74 percent and 77 percent to 84 percent, respectively).

Meanwhile, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri's numbers settled at 51 percent trust and 49 percent approval ratings last December.

The Senate President's trust rating increased by two percentage points from his September 2023 trust rating score of 49 percent. However, Zubiri's approval rating last December decreased by one percent from his previous quarter's score of 50 percent.

The majority of Mindanawons (60 percent) and Class D (51 percent), as well as Visayans (55 percent), think favorably of the Senate President's job.