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Duterte starts term with 'excellent' trust rating: SWS

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe frameBorder="0" height="383" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vFGi-p1ToJ8" width="510"></iframe></figure><p>MANILA (UPDATED) - President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is starting his term with an excellent trust rating, according to the latest Social Weather Stations survey.</p><p>The SWS Second Quarter survey found that 84 percent of respondents have much trust in the new President, 5 percent with little trust and 11 percent undecided for a net trust rating of 79 percent.</p><p>That represents a 53 percentage point jump and three grade surge from his May numbers where he scored a moderate net trust rating of 26 percent.</p><p>Duterte&#x27;s net score was close to the 83 percent net trust rating of his predecessor, Benigno Aquino III, when the latter assumed the presidency in 2010.</p><p>Sought for the Palace&#x27;s reaction, presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said he is sure that Duterte would appreciate the trust and would probably say that &quot;trabaho lang &#x27;yan&quot; and will continue to do his work.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s a positive sign and very encouraging to know that the people trust the judgment, decisions and actions of the President,&quot; added Presidential Communications Office Secretary Martin Andanar.</p><p>&quot;The mandate is clear, the government cannot stop what it has started.&quot;</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/sports2/07/13/trust-1.jpg"/></figure></div><p>The survey was conducted from June 24 to 27 among 1,200 adults nationwide. The survey has a margin of error of plus/minus 3 percent.</p><p>The survey was first published on Business World.</p><p>The trust ratings of Duterte, who ran his campaign on an anti-criminality and drugs platform, surged across all geographic areas and social classes, the SWS poll showed.</p><p>In Balance Luzon, his score increased from 9 percent in May to 75 percent in June; from 21 to 78 in Metro Manila; from 17 to 74 in the Visayas; and from 67 to 90 in Mindanao.</p><p>His trust ratings also improved to excellent among respondents in all social classes: ABC, from 35 to 82; D, from 23 to 79; and E, from 35 to 79.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/sports2/07/13/trust-2.jpg"/></figure></div><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/sports2/07/13/trust-3.jpg"/></figure></div><p>The same was the case among respondents in various age groups. Duterte obtained the highest trust score among the youth, aged 18-24 years old, at 88 percent from 42 in May.</p><p>Among those aged 25-34 years old, the President got 84 from 38; 35-44 years old, 78 from 27; 45-54 years old, 78 from 22; and at least 55 years old, 70 from 11.</p><p>The longtime mayor of Davao City also had excellent trust ratings across education status, according to the survey.</p><p>Among non-elementary graduates, he received a score of 76 percent; with some high school education, 74; with some college education, 81; and among college graduates, 87.</p>

MANILA (UPDATED) - President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is starting his term with an excellent trust rating, according to the latest Social Weather Stations survey.