(UPDATE) NEARLY 4 out of 10 Filipinos have identified themselves as supporters of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., with most of them coming from Luzon.

Nearly 4 out of 10 consider themselves as supporters of former president Rodrigo Duterte, a survey conducted by OCTA Research showed.

In its Tugon ng Masa survey conducted from Jan. 25-31, 36 percent of respondents said that they consider themselves as pro-Marcos or supporters of the administration.

OCTA said that the figure, while statistically unchanged from the August 2024 survey, was down by 2 percentage points.

Broken down by area, Marcos support remained high in the National Capital Region and the Visayas with 39 percent and 37 percent support, respectively, while Balanced Luzon was the highest at 47 percent. Meanwhile, only 1 in 10 individuals in Mindanao, or nearly 9 percent, said that they are pro-Marcos.

Support for the administration, according to OCTA, have been steadily increasing since the March 2024 survey, with shifts in Marcos support observed in Balanced Luzon and Class ABC respondents.

By socioeconomic class, Marcos supporters mostly came from Class ABC at 42 percent, followed by Class D at 36 percent, while the lowest is from Class E at 29 percent.

Meanwhile, 18 percent said that they consider themselves allies of the Dutertes, including Vice President Sara Duterte and her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte.

The figure is also statistically unchanged from the August survey given the margin of error, but it is a 3-percent increase from August.

Mindanao had the highest support at 63 percent, while Duterte support was lowest in the National Capital Region and Balanced Luzon, at just 5 and 2 percent, respectively, while 12 percent of Visayas respondents identify themselves as pro-Duterte.

OCTA, however, noted a significant increase of pro-Duterte support among socioeconomic Class E, with a 19-percent jump from the August survey from 21 percent to 41 percent, while Class D had only 16 percent support and 9 percent from Class ABC.

"This surge [in Class E] indicates a strong resurgence of pro-Duterte support in the first quarter of 2025, reversing the previously observed downward trend," OCTA said.

Meanwhile, 8 percent said that they support the opposition, such as the Liberal Party and former vice president Leni Robredo, with the highest backing coming from the Visayas at 12 percent and Class ABC at 10 percent.

Twenty-six percent of the respondents said that they are politically independent, while 12 percent were not sure of their political preference.

The survey, which had 1,200 respondents answering face-to-face, had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent.