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SWS: Duterte maintains ‘excellent’ trust rating in Q1

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/07/art-20170506182359_prm.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">President Rodrigo Duterte’s trust rating from December 2015 to March 2017.<br/><cite>Photo courtesy of Social Weather Stations</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte has maintained his “excellent” trust rating from Filipinos for four consecutive quarters, the latest <a href="https://www.sws.org.ph/swsmain/artcldisppage/?artcsyscode=ART-20170506182359" target="_blank">Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey</a> showed.</p><p>Some 80 percent of Filipinos gave Duterte a rating of “much trust,” while 11 percent were “undecided” and 10 percent responded with “little trust,” according to the survey, which was released on the SWS website on Saturday.</p><p>This comes after Duterte secured a trust rating of <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/05/17/nearly-8-in-10-filipinos-trust-approve-of-duterte-as-ratings-dip" target="_blank">76 percent</a> in a Pulse Asia Inc. survey last March.</p><p>The survey was conducted for the first quarter of 2017, or January to March.</p><p>According to the SWS, the survey question on trust rating &quot;is different from satisfaction rating as the former gauges public trust in a personality as a whole, while the latter asks about public satisfaction with an individual&#x27;s performance related to his/her position or duty.&quot;</p><p>Duterte achieved a +70 net trust rating, “similar” to the +72 he got in December, the SWS noted.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/07/pr20170506_vis04.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Although his trust rating fell by 6 percentage points in Balance Luzon and Visayas, it increased by 9 percentage points in Metro Manila and 4 percentage points in Mindanao.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/07/pr20170506_vis05.jpg"/></figure></div><p>In urban areas, Duterte’s net trust rating was found consistently “excellent,&quot; where he got +72 in March and +73 in December 2016.</p><p>However, his rating fell to “very good” in rural areas by 3 percentage points, to +68 in March from +71 in December.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/07/pr20170506_vis06.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Meanwhile, his net trust rating among classes ABC rose to “excellent,&quot; by 16 percentage points to +75 from +59. It stayed “excellent” in class D or “the masa,” with +71, and it fell to “very good” in class E by 8 percentage points, to +64 from +72.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/07/pr20170506_vis07.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Duterte is still more popular among men, with an “excellent” trust rating of +73, while his trust rating remained “very good” among women at +67.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/07/pr20170506_vis08.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Among age groups, his net trust rating rose to “excellent” among ages 45-54 at +76. He maintained the same rating among the ages of 18-24, 25-34, and 35-44 with +76, +70, and +75 respectively, while his rating stayed &quot;very good&quot; among 55 and above, down 3 percentage points to +60.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/07/pr20170506_vis09.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Duterte’s trust rating among college and high school graduates stayed “excellent,” with +79 and +76, respectively. His rating among elementary graduates and non-elementary graduates is still &quot;very good&quot; although down by 4 points and 6 points to +64 and +59, respectively.</p><p>The survey had a sampling error margin of ±3 percent, and ±6 each for Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.</p><p>It was conducted from March 25 to 28, using face-to-face interviews with 1,200 adult Filipinos.</p><p>The Duterte goverment faced several controversies in the first quarter of the year. In January, news on the alleged abduction and killing of South Korean businessman <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/01/20/17/tokhang-for-ransom-timeline-of-south-korean-businessmans-abduction-killing" target="_blank">Jee Ick Joo</a> inside Camp Crame broke.</p><p>The following month, Senator Leila de Lima, a staunch critic of Duterte, was <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/23/17/de-lima-ordered-arrested-by-rtc" target="_blank">arrested</a> in February.</p><p>In March, members of Kalipunan ng Damayan Mahihirap (Kadamay) <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/23/17/kadamay-wont-vacate-houses-in-bulacan-despite-order" target="_blank">occupied</a> 4,000 houses inside government housing projects in Pandi and San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. </p><p>In the weeks leading to the survey period, Magdalo Representative Gary Alejano filed an <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/16/17/impeachment-filed-vs-duterte-in-house-over-drug-war" target="_blank">impeachment complaint</a> against Duterte over killings linked to his war on drugs and allegations he kept secret bank accounts. </p><p>Retired Davao cop SPO3 Arturo Lascañas also retracted his former statement and linked Duterte to the Davao Death Squad during this time.</p>

<p>President Rodrigo Duterte has maintained his “excellent” trust rating from Filipinos for four consecutive quarters, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.</p>

President Rodrigo Duterte has maintained his “excellent” trust rating from Filipinos for four consecutive quarters, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.