President Rodrigo Duterte’s net satisfaction rating dropped to 48 percent, which is 18 points lower than the one he got in June 2017, as fewer Filipinos say they are satisfied with his performance, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed Sunday.
This means Duterte’s net satisfaction rating has dropped from the classification of “very good” to “good,” according to the SWS survey conducted September 23 to 27 among 1,500 adult Filipinos nationwide.
The survey shows 67 percent of the respondents are satisfied with the president’s performance, an 11-point dip from the 78 percent he got last June; with 19 percent saying they are dissatisfied — up 7 points from the last survey — and 14 percent saying they are undecided.
Meanwhile, the same survey also found 73 percent of Filipinos with “much trust” and 12 percent with little trust in the president, while 15 percent said they are undecided, a change from the 82 percent “much trust”, 7 percent “little trust”, and 11 percent undecided in June.
This means the net trust rating of Duterte dropped to 60 percent, which is 15 points below last survey’s 75 points, SWS said, noting that this is classified as “very good,” one grade lower than the previous “excellent” rating.
“The president’s net satisfaction rating from June 2017 to September 2017 fell by 30 points in the Visayas, 22 points in Balance Luzon, and 19 points in Metro Manila, while it stayed steady in Mindanao,” SWS added.
SWS also noted that the net satisfaction rating of Duterte stayed at the “very good” classification among Classes A, B, and C with 57 points, while it fell one grade below, from “very good” to “good” among the Class D or the Filipino masses with 49 points.
Duterte’s net satisfaction rating among Classes A, B, and C last June 2017 is 59 points, while he got 66 points among the Filipino masses.
“The Social Weather Survey items on public satisfaction with, and public trust in, the President are non-commissioned. They are included on SWS’s own initiative and released as a public service,” SWS explained.
