Leni ratings bounce back in SWS survey

After falling for two quarters, public satisfaction with Vice President Leni Robredo bounced back in the second quarter of the year, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.

Robredo’s net satisfaction rose to a “good” +36 (60 percent satisfied and 24 percent dissatisfied), from a “moderate” +26 net score in March.

Robredo obtained a net satisfaction rating of +49 in September 2016, when she was first rated as vice president.

However, it dropped to +37 in December last year, the same month she quit as chair of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council after President Duterte barred her from attending Cabinet meetings.

Meanwhile, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III’s net satisfaction rating also improved from “moderate” to “good” in the SWS poll, taken from June 23 to 26.

It rose four points to +33 (53 percent satisfied and 20 percent dissatisfied) in June from March’s +29.

As for Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez’s net satisfaction rating, it stayed moderate at +16 in June, up by four points from +12 (37 percent satisfied, 25 percent dissatisfied) in March.

Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno’s net satisfaction rating also stayed moderate at +21 in June, seven points up from +14 (37 percent satisfied, 23 percent dissatisfied) in March.

SWS classifies net satisfaction ratings as follows: +70 and above, “excellent”; +50 to +69, “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”; -70 and below, “execrable.”

SWS had released President Duterte’s satisfaction rating last July 6.

The SWS June 23-26 survey showed Duterte’s net satisfaction rating hitting a “very good” +66, his “new personal high.”

His latest performance rating was three points above his March rating of +63 (75 percent satisfied against 12 percent dissatisfied).

Duterte also received majority approval and trust ratings in the latest Pulse Asia survey released last Monday.

Approval of Duterte’s performance rose to 82 percent in June from 78 percent in March. His trust rating, on the other hand, went up to 81 percent from 76 percent, according to Pulse Asia’s June 24-29 survey.

Robredo also saw her approval and trust ratings increase by three points and four points to 61 percent and 60 percent, respectively, in the same Pulse Asia survey.

The noncommissioned survey used face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults nationwide.