FROM a record-low net public satÂisfaction rating three months ago, President Duterte’s performance rating bounced back from “good” to “very good” in the latest Social Weather Stations survey.
The survey conducted from Sept. 15 to 23 among 1,200 respondents found out that 70 percent were satÂisfied, 14 percent were undecided, and 16 percent were dissatisfied with the performance of Duterte.
Compared to June 2018, gross satisfaction with the President rose by five points from 65 percent, gross undecided fell by one point from 15 percent, and gross dissatÂisfaction fell by four points from 20 percent, for a net satisfaction ratÂing of +54 (percent satisfied minus percent dissatisfied), classified by SWS as “very good.”
It is a nine-point increase, and one grade up, from his personal reÂcord-low of good +45 (65 percent satisfied, 20 percent dissatisfied) in June.
SWS terminology for net satisÂfaction ratings are +70 and above, “excellent;” +50 to +69, “very good;” +30 to +49, “good;” +10 to +29, “moderate;” +9 to -9, “neuÂtral;” -10 to -29, “poor;” -30 to -49, “bad;” -50 to -69, “very bad;” and -70 and below, “execrable.”
The SWS attributed the nine-point rise in Duterte’s net satisfacÂtion rating from June to September 2018 to increases of 16 points in the rest of Luzon, two points in Visayas, one point in Metro Manila, and one point in Mindanao.
Duterte’s net satisfaction rating stayed good in the rest of Luzon, at +49 (67 percent satisfied, 18 perÂcent dissatisfied) in September, up by 16 points from +33 (57 percent satisfied, 24 percent dissatisfied) in June.
It also stayed good in Visayas, at +49 (69 percent satisfied, 20 percent dissatisfied) in September, up by two points from +47 (67 perÂcent satisfied, 20 percent dissatisÂfied) in June. It remained good in Metro Manila, at +36 (61 percent satisfied, 25 percent dissatisfied) in September, up by a point from +34 (59 percent satisfied, 25 percent dissatisfied) in June.
It stayed excellent in Mindanao, at +77 (82 percent satisfied, 5fiveÂpercent dissatisfied) in September, up by one point from +76 (84 perÂcent satisfied, eight percent dissatÂisfied) in June. (Ellalyn V. Ruiz)