Eight out of 10 Filipinos were satisfied with the conduct of the May 2019 elections, a Social Weather Stations survey has found out.
However, more Filipinos were satisfied with the conduct of the May 2016 elections than the recent mid-term polls, the SWS survey also found out.
In the nationwide survey conducted last June 22 to 26 with 1,200 respondents, SWS found that 80 percent were satisfied (38 percent strongly satisfied and 43 percent somewhat satisfied), seven percent were undecided, and 12 were percent dissatisfied (seven percent somewhat dissatisfied and five percent strongly dissatisfied) with how the May 13 elections were conducted, for a net satisfaction rating (percent satisfied minus percent dissatisfied) of +68, classified by SWS as “very good.”
But the SWS said it is five points lower than the record-high “excellent” +73 on the conduct of the May 2016 elections.
The SWS noted that net satisfaction with the conduct of the elections was at “moderate” levels of +18 when it was first asked in June 2004 and +19 in June 2007. It rose to “very good” +60 in June 2010, very good +59 in June 2013, a record-high excellent +73 in June 2016, and very good +68 in June 2019.
Net satisfaction with the conduct of the May 13 elections is highest in Mindanao at excellent +77, followed by Visayas at excellent +71, rest of Luzon at very good +66, and Metro Manila at very good +54.
Also during the survey, majority of respondents said the Commission on Elections performed its job in the recent elections.
Seventy-nine percent agreed (42 percent strongly agree and 37 percent somewhat agree), 11 percent were undecided, and 10 percent disagreed (five percent somewhat disagree and five percent strongly disagree) with the statement, “The Comelec performed its job independently without favoring any candidate or group,” for a net agreement score (percent agree minus percent disagree) of “extremely strong” +70.
It is up by nine points from the extremely strong +61 in June 2013. It was a “very strong” +35 when SWS first asked about it in June 2007. (Ellalyn Ruiz)