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2025 Midterm senatorial canidate Imee Marcos answers questions during on Harapan 2025 at the ABS-CBN headquarters in Quezon City on January 31, 2025. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN news



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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174659377821620250131-marcos-imee-harapan-JC-1.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false" style="text-align:left">Senatorial candidate Imee Marcos answers questions during Harapan 2025 at the ABS-CBN headquarters in Quezon City on January 31, 2025. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Sharing a family name with a President with &quot;very bad&quot; approval ratings has been dragging Sen. Imee Marcos down in pre-election surveys, the reelectionist senator said. </p><p>In a Pulse Asia survey released in mid-April, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.&#x27;s approval rating dropped to 25 percent in late March from 42 percent in February. </p><p>Pre-election surveys meanwhile suggest that Sen. Marcos is trailing the likely winning senatorial contenders in the May 12 midterm elections.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/5/bong-go-maintains-top-spot-in-pulse-survey-13-other-senate-bets-in-winners-circle-1332">Bong Go maintains top spot in Pulse survey; 13 other Senate bets in &#x27;winners&#x27; circle&#x27;</a></div><p>&quot;It&#x27;s very clear that the approval ratings of the administration are very, very bad. Dahil sa apilyedo ko, Marcos rin ako, damay-damay talaga ako,&quot; Sen. Marcos told ANC.</p><p>(It&#x27;s very clear that the administration&#x27;s approval ratings are very, very bad. Because of my last name, I&#x27;m also a Marcos, I&#x27;m inevitably dragged into it.)</p><p>&quot;These approval ratings are impinging on me, that&#x27;s very clear,&quot; she added.</p><p>Sen. Marcos said members on the administration slate have been faring better in surveys because &quot;they’re not being punished in the same way that I am&quot; since they are not related to the President.</p><p>They have also &quot;stayed out of the fray&quot; between factions led by Marcos Jr. and by former ally Vice President Sara Duterte, she said.</p><p>The Palace earlier said Marcos Jr. is not alarmed by the ratings and that his work continues despite the numbers.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/21/marcos-jr-not-alarmed-over-double-digit-decline-in-ratings-palace-1429">Marcos Jr. not alarmed over double-digit decline in ratings - Palace</a></div><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZIvfrRs78pU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>VP SARA&#x27;S ENDORSEMENT &#x27;NOT ENOUGH&#x27;</strong></div><p>Cleve Arguelles, president and CEO of opinion polling firm WR Numero, noted that Sen. Marcos has been on a &quot;consistent decline&quot; in their surveys. </p><p>While Sen. Marcos <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/14/sara-duterte-endorses-imee-marcos-senate-reelection-bid-1804">received the endorsement of the popular Vice President Duterte</a>, Arguelles told ANC on Tuesday &quot;it was not enough to put her back in the safer positions.&quot;</p><p>WR Numero on Tuesday released the results of its final senatorial survey, where <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/6/wr-numero-s-april-survey-names-15-senate-bets-in-winning-circle-1342">Sen. Marcos ranked 13th to 14th</a> in a race for 12. </p><p>Pulse Asia&#x27;s April survey, meanwhile, placed her in the <a href="https://pulseasia.ph/updates/april-2025-nationwide-survey-on-the-may-2025-elections/">14th to 18th spot</a>.</p><p>Pulse Asia president Ronald Holmes on Tuesday noted Duterte&#x27;s endorsement of Sen. Marcos and other candidates <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7XF82YPK74&amp;t=202s">would &quot;depend largely&quot; on her machinery</a> &quot;to make sure that those that she supports would actually get the votes.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wt8SfEqq624?&amp;t=22s&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><strong>SEN. IMEE&#x27;S POSITION &#x27;VERY CONFUSING&#x27;</strong></div><p>Sen. Marcos <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/26/imee-marcos-says-leaving-alyansa-over-differences-over-duterte-arrest-1354">left the administration-backed Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial slate in March</a> after leading an inquiry into former President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s arrest.</p><p>A president&#x27;s endorsement in midterm elections is &quot;very important,&quot; political analyst Arguelles pointed out, noting that in his firm&#x27;s final Halalan 2025 survey, 8 to 9 Alyansa candidates were in the likely winning circle.</p><p>Arguelles said the May elections &quot;would have been an easy election&quot; for Sen. Marcos had she stayed on the administration ticket.</p><p>&quot;But she chose to pursue a different path, joined the Dutertes, and I think that&#x27;s just very confusing for all sides.&quot;</p><p>Sen. Marcos, in the ANC interview, admitted that she was &quot;collateral damage&quot; in the continuing Marcos-Duterte feud.</p><p>&quot;Kapag nasisira ang administration... binabanatan rin ako. Pag may Duterte issue —kasi sinasabing kumakampi ako. Ang totoo wala akong kinakampihan,&quot; she said. </p><p>(When the administration is being criticized, I also get criticized. It&#x27;s the same when there is an issue against the Dutertes — they say I am siding with them. But I&#x27;m really not picking sides.)</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/2/-quality-of-senate-bets-declined-in-2025-polls-political-analyst-1317">&#x27;Quality&#x27; of Senate bets declined in 2025 polls — political analyst</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/29/imee-urges-comelec-to-control-surveys-over-brainwashing-mind-setting-1515">Imee urges Comelec to &#x27;control&#x27; surveys over &#x27;brainwashing, mind-setting&#x27;</a></div>

<p>Sharing a family name with a President wth "very bad" approval ratings has been dragging Sen. Imee Marcos down in pre-election surveys, the reelectionist senator said.</p>

Sharing a family name with a President wth "very bad" approval ratings has been dragging Sen. Imee Marcos down in pre-election surveys, the reelectionist senator said.

Imee Marcos says brother's 'very bad' ratings bringing her down

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Imee Marcos says brother's 'very bad' ratings bringing her down

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Published May 07, 2025 01:40 PM PHT

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