Du30 admin satisfaction rating dips but still 'very good,' – SWS

MANILA — Almost six in 10 Filipinos are satisfied with the performance of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, a September 2017 survey by polling agency Social Weather Stations found.

The +58 (71 percent satisfied, 13 percent dissatisfied) net satisfaction rating recorded in September 2017 was lower however than the +64 satisfaction score recorded in June, SWS noted.

Although it went down by six points, the polling agency says that the latest satisfaction rating obtained by the administration is still classified as "very good." SWS said that the six-point dip in the Duterte administration's satisfaction score was because of the 16-point plunge in Metro Manila and the 11-point dive in Balance Luzon.

These steep reductions were offset by the increase of two points in Mindanao, the president's home region, and one point in the Visayas.

People in Metro Manila polled by SWS gave the president a "very good" +51 net rating, but this was lower than the similarly "very good" rating in June at +67.

In Balance Luzon, from +63 in June, the satisfaction level with the Duterte administration's performance went down to +52 in September.

"The National Administration’s net rating stayed excellent in Mindanao, at +74 in September 2017, up by 2 points from +72 in June 2017. It stayed very good in the Visayas, at +57 in September, hardly changing from +56 in June," SWS said. Malacañang expressed gratitude over the "very good" satisfaction rating the administration got and said that this showed that the people appreciated the work of the president.

"This (Duterte, September 2017 +58) remains the highest first fifth quarter net satisfaction rating (Aquino, September 2011 +56; Arroyo, March 2002 +12; Estrada, October 1999 +2; Ramos, September 1993+14)," presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said, conspicuously ignoring that the current satisfaction rating was lower than the score it got in June 2017.