Pres. Rodrigo Duterte got a 'very good' satisfaction rating higher than Aquino in the latest SWS

Amid controversial statements issued against a head of state and international organizations, President Rodrigo Duterte got a "very good" satisfaction rating in the latest Social Weather Stations' (SWS) survey.

The survey, which was conducted between Sept. 24 and 27 through interviews with 1,200 adults nationwide showed that 75 percent were satisfied, while 13 percent were undecided on Duterte's performance in the first 100 days of his term.

The survey has sampling error margins of ± 3 percentage points for national percentages and ± 6 points each for Metro Manila, "Balance of Luzon," the Visayas and Mindanao.

Duterte gained a net satisfaction rating of +64 percent, which is classified as “very good.”

SWS classifies net satisfaction ratings of at least +70 as “excellent”; those +50 to +69 as “very good”; +30 to +49, “good”; +10 to +29, “moderate”; +9 to - 9, “neutral”; - 10 to - 29, “poor”; - 30 to - 49, “bad”; - 50 to - 69, “very bad”; and - 70 and below, “execrable.”

Among past leaders, only former President Fidel V. Ramos had a similar rating with + 66 percent in a survey done between Aug. 10 and Sept. 8 in 1992.
Duterte fared better than his predecessors.

Former President Benigno Aquino III garnered a “very good” satisfaction rating with +60 percentage in a survey conducted between Sept. 24 and 27, 2010.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has a lower satisfaction rating in a survey conducted last March 2001 with a “moderate” rating or +24 percent but after she was sworn into office after the EDSA 2 people protest, she gained a “moderate” rating with +12 percent satisfaction rating in the August 2004 survey.

Meanwhile, Joseph E. Estrada had a “very good” rating or +60 percent in the September 1998 survey.

Aquino's mother, the former President Corazon C. Aquino, gained a "very good" rating but she only got a +53 percentage rate in May 1986.

Duterte answered criticisms against his administration's anti-illegal drugs campaign as he told US President Barack Obama to "go to hell" while he told the European Union to "choose purgatory."

Meanwhile, Duterte got an "excellent" rating with +85 percent in Mindanao, a known bailiwick, and "very good" +62 in the Visayas, +58 in Metro Manila, and +57 in "Balance Luzon."

In urban areas, the former Davao City strongman got a net satisfaction rating of "very good" with +63 percent while in rural areas he got +67 percent.

Among socioeconomic classes, Duterte maintains a "very good" rating with +65 in classes D and E and a lower +56 rating among the ABC class.

Meanwhile, men gave Duterte an "excellent" rating with +71 while women only gave him a "very good" rating with +58 percent mark.

The rating given by respondents to Duterte by educational attainment was from high school graduates who gave him the highest score of "excellent" with +71 percent while college graduates gave him "very good" with +65 percent, +57 among elementary graduates, and +54 among non-elementary graduates.

Based on age groups, two age groups, namely respondents aged between 25 to 34 years old and those aged between 35 years old and 44 years old gave him an "excellent" rating or +73 percent. The rest gave him a "very good" rating.

The latest SWS result was posted on the BusinessWorld website.

Source: GMA News