Duterte’s approval rating surges to 87%

President Duterte’s approval rating further improved in December, the latest Pulse Asia survey revealed.

In the December survey, the President’s approval rating jumped by nine percentage points to 87 percent, from 78 percent last September, while disapproval rating declined by three percentage points from eight percent to five percent.

Undecided also dropped by six percentage points to eight percent, from 14 percent.

But in the National Capital Region (NCR), Duterte’s approval rating dipped two percentage points to 78 percent, from 80 percent in September after the number of undecided increased by four percentage points to 16 percent, from 12 percent.

Despite the lower approval rating in the NCR, the President’s disapproval score decreased by

two percentage points to six percent in December, from eight percent in September.

In balance Luzon, approval rating accelerated by 14 percentage points to 83 percent, from 69 percent last September after disapproval and undecided fell to six percent and 11 percent, respectively.

In the September survey in areas of Luzon outside Metro Manila, the President’s disapproval rating was at 11 percent while undecided was at 21 percent.

The President, meanwhile, got the highest approval ratings in the Visayas and Mindanao regions.

According to the Pulse Asia’s December survey, President Duterte scored an approval rating of 98 percent in Mindanao, a further improvement from 92 percent in September.

Based on the latest survey in Mindanao, none of the respondents had disapproved the President’s performance and only two percent were undecided.

Visayas also gave President Duterte an approval rating of 93 percent, up nine percentage points compared with 84 percent previously. The chief executive’s disapproval rating in the region declined one percentage point to five percent, while undecided was down seven percentage points to two percent.

Across social classes, “ABC” gave the President an approval rating of 89 percent, an improvement from 75 percent in September.

President Duterte’s approval score from the “D” class, likewise, jumped 10 percentage points to 88 percent, from 78 percent.