From ‘very good’ to ‘good’: Duterte’s satisfaction rating drops 18 points

MANILA, Philippines — The latest survey of the Social Weather Stations revealed that the net satisfaction of President Rodrigo Duterte declined by 18 points, plunging to “good” from the previous “very good.”

The third quarter 2017 SWS survey showed that 67 percent of Filipinos were satisfied with Duterte’s performance while 19 percent were dissatisfied and 14 percent were undecided. This resulted in a net satisfaction rating of +48 compared to his +66 rating in June 2017.

READ: SWS: Satisfaction on gov’t slips, but still ‘very good’

The SWS survey also found that 73 percent of Filipinos have much trust in Duterte while only 12 percent and 15 percent have little trust and undecided, respectively. 

Duterte's net trust rating, although at “very good” with +60, went down by 15 points compared to the previous poll. In June, the president had a +75 net trust rating or “excellent.”

Duterte's satisfaction rating plunges in Visayas, Luzon

The survey also showed that Duterte’s net satisfaction rating remained steady in Mindanao as it only increased by a point at +76 in September 2017 compared to June. His satisfaction rating for Visayas and Luzon, however, decreased by 30 points and 22 points, respectively.

Duterte’s net satisfaction rating stayed at “very good” for classes ABC with +57, just two points below his June rating.

The third quarter SWS survey was conducted from Sept. 23 to 27 this year with face-to-face interviews of 1,500 adults nationwide (600 in Balance Luzon and 300 each in Metro Manila, Visayas and Mindanao).

It had sampling error margins of ±2.5 percent for national; ±4 percent for Balance Luzon; and ±6 percent each for Metro Manila, Visayas and Mindanao.

For the public satisfaction rating, the respondents were asked the question: “Please tell me how satisfied or dissatisfied you are with the performance of Rodrigo Duterte as president of the Philippines. Are you very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, undecided if satisfied or dissatisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, very dissatisfied, or you have not ever heard or read anything about Rodrigo Duterte?”

On the other hand, for the trust rating, respondents were asked: “Please indicate if your trust/faith in (Rody Duterte) is Very much, Somewhat much, Undecided if much or little, Somewhat little, Very little, or You have not heard or read anything about (Rody Duterte) ever?”