Prime Minister Andrew Holness has been ranked the best performing minister. That’s according to the latest Nationwide Bluedot poll, powered by Total Tools.
But for the first time, he has also been ranked as the worst performing minister.
The poll was taken between September 6 and 19. It has a margin of error of +/- 3 per cent.
Nora-Gaye Banton reports.
Prime Minister Holness is the Minister of Economic Growth and Job Creation. For many polling cycles, he has topped the table as the best performing minister.
In 2021, just over 32 per cent of respondents gave their nod to the prime minister as the best performer in his cabinet.
Although this perception significantly declined in 2022 and 2023, Prime Minister Holness has held the top spot. The data for 2022 showed that 14.8 per cent considered him the best performer and in 2023, it was 14.5 per cent.
For 2024, the prime minister, who also oversees the defence ministry, continues to lead the standings. Fifteen per cent of respondents consider him the best performing minister.
Meanwhile, health minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton is usually the man ranked behind Holness on the table of best performing cabinet ministers.
His place has been taken by Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Daryl Vaz. Vaz, with a 10.6 per cent rating, is considered the second best performing minister in 2024.
It appears the minister’s advocacy for customers of the Jamaica Public Service company during the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl won him favourability points among the electorate.
At third is outgoing finance minister, Dr. Nigel Clarke with with 9.7 per cent. Dr. Christopher Tufton comes in at fourth, with 9.5 per cent. Rounding out the top five is tourism minister Edmund Bartlett, with 4.6 per cent.
In the meantime, for many polling cycles national security minister Dr. Horace Chang has been voted the worst performing minister. This was not the case this time around for the polls conducted from September 6 to 19.
The latest results show that Prime Minister Andrew Holness has also been voted the worst performing minister.
Twelve-point-four per cent of respondents shared that view.
The data over the last three polling cycles shows a steady increase in the perception of how Jamaicans view the prime minister managing the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation.
The data for 2022 shows that 6.2 per cent considered him the worst performer and in 2023, 10.5 per cent.
Following the prime minister is national security minister, Dr. Horace Chang with 11 per cent.
The newly minted minister of works, Robert Morgan has for the first time been ranked in the top five worst performing ministers. He’s in the third place with 10 per cent.
At fourth is education minister Fayval Williams with 7.6 per cent and at fifth is health minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton 6.7 per cent.
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