Just over a year ago, Jamaicans handed the JLP’s Andrew Holness administration a historic third term.
Today, nearly half say they don’t trust it.
That’s the finding of the latest Nationwide/Bluedot poll.
Chevon Campbell reports.
Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness has long since talked about the importance of trust in governance.
But it would seem, based on the latest Nationwide/Bluedot polls, for every Jamaican who says they trust the Government greatly, nearly three say they have a similar level of distrust.
It’s a sharp turn from just February last year, seven months before the general election, when the Government held a narrow edge in public trust.
At that point, 45 percent of Jamaicans told the Bluedot pollsters that they trusted the Holness administration. Forty-three percent did not.
That has now reversed.
In the latest poll, 49 percent of the 1,568 registered voters surveyed say they distrust the Government.
Forty-two percent trust it.
Nine percent are not sure.
The seven-point gap is the widest of the four times Bluedot has asked the question since February 2024.
Now in 2026, Bluedot says there’s a sharper leaning toward intense distrust. Thirty-five percent say they distrust the Government GREATLY.
Twelve 12 percent say the trust it greatly.
As with other findings in the poll, the split is sharply partisan.
Eighty-one percent of JLP affiliates trust the Government.
Among PNP supporters, 73 percent distrust it.
Still, 22 percent of PNP supporters say they trust the Government, far more than the eight percent who rate its handling of the economy as good.
The most telling group is voters with no party attachment, who make up almost half of those surveyed.
Fifty-five percent of them distrust the Government, while 30 percent trust it.
Fifteen percent are unsure, the highest of any group.
Bluedot says some loss of interest is to be expected after an election. But the pollsters ask whether more may be at play.
They point out that trust in the Government, trust in the Prime Minister and confidence in the direction of the country have all declined since the vote.
Trust in Prime Minister Andrew Holness now stands at 42 percent, down from 47. And 47 percent of Jamaicans say the country is heading in the wrong direction.
The question now for the Government is whether this is simply post-election fatigue or the start of something deeper.
The poll was conducted between September 5 and 28, 2026, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percent.
