NNN/Bluedot Poll: Golding Job Approval Rating Hits 3-Year High

The job approval rating of Opposition Leader Mark Golding has hit its highest level in three years.

That’s according to the latest Nationwide/Bluedot polls, powered by Total Tools.

Twenty-seven per cent of Jamaicans say the opposition leader has done a good job since assuming the office, but most Jamaicans still say he’s done an average job.

George Davis reports.

When the Bluedot pollsters asked 1,618 Jamaicans whether the man popularly called “Markie G” was doing a good, average or poor job as opposition leader, 27 per cent said good; 41 per cent said average and 32 per cent said poor.

Despite the fact that most Jamaicans believe he’s been doing an average job, the positive rating is the highest he’s seen in these polls since at least 2022.

Golding’s average job rating has also improved from 29 per cent in 2022, to 41 per cent in May 2025. That’s a 12 point improvement.

But perhaps most positive for the opposition leader is the fact that his negative job rating has plunged from a high of 51 per cent in 2022, to 32 per cent in these polls. That’s a 19 point decline in negative sentiment towards the job Golding is doing.

There’s more good news for Golding. His job approval has also improved across both genders in the last three months, moving from 20 per cent among women in February, to 25 per cent in May. That’s a five point improvement.

Men have also marginally improved their job approval rating for Golding, moving from 27 per cent in February, to 29 per cent in May. That movement with men is within the poll’s margin of error of 2.3 per cent.

The average job approval with both genders has also held firm in the last three months, at just above 40 per cent.

The pollsters say the data indicates Golding is incrementally broadening his appeal with voters.

When age is considered, Golding is gaining momentum with the older demographics. His positive job approval has moved five points with voters over 65 in the last three months, moving from 33 per cent to 38 per cent.

Over the same period, his negative job approval with that demographic has dipped by six points. Thirty-one per cent of voters over 65 rate Golding’s job performance as average.

The opposition leader records his lowest job approval with voters 18-24 years. Conversely, his highest negative job rating was from voters 55-64 years old.

With consistent improvements in job approval in the average and good categories and declines in negative sentiment, the question is, could voters be readying themselves to Go with Golding?