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Duterte trust rating up in 3rd quarter of 2018: SWS

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Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News

<p><br/>MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s net trust rating rose to +62 in the third quarter of the year, results of a September survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed Saturday.</p><p>The survey showed that 74 percent of adult Filipinos said they have &quot;much trust&quot; in the President, with 14 percent &quot;undecided&quot; and 12 percent with &quot;little trust&quot; in Duterte. </p><p>Duterte maintained his &quot;very good&quot; rating, receiving a five-point increase from his +57 score in June.</p><p>Since his inauguration in 2016, Duterte&#x27;s trust rating has never gone down from &quot;very good.&quot;</p><p>The September 15 to 23 survey was taken in the wake of Duterte&#x27;s issuance of a <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/04/18/trillanes-amnesty-void-as-if-it-never-existed-doj-chief">proclamation </a>voiding the amnesty of fierce critic Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, who led uprisings in 2003 and 2007, and his administration&#x27;s response to a <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/27/18/rice-crisis-caused-by-reformed-druggies-duterte-jokes">rice crisis</a> and the <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/multimedia/slideshow/09/17/18/ompong-leaves-trail-of-destruction-in-luzon">devastation </a>wrought by Typhoon Ompong. </p><p>The SWS said Duterte has received an &quot;excellent&quot; rating in five surveys, and a &quot;very good&quot; rating in four surveys, giving him an average net trust rating of a &quot;very good&quot; +68 so far in his presidency.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/10/27/pr20181027_vis02.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></figure></div><p>The five-point increase in Duterte&#x27;s overall net trust rating from June to September 2018 was due to increases in Metro Manila and Balance Luzon.</p><p>Net trust in Duterte rose from &quot;good&quot; to &quot;very good&quot; in Metro Manila, up by 9 points from June&#x27;s +42 to +51 in September.</p><p>His net trust rating also remained &quot;very good&quot; in Balance Luzon, with a 10-point increase from +50 in June to +60 in September.</p><p>Duterte maintained his &quot;good&quot; rating in Visayas, and his &quot;excellent&quot; rating in his home region Mindanao, with numbers barely moving in both. </p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/10/27/pr20181027_vis03.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption> </figcaption></figure></div><p>Duterte also received the trust of Filipinos across all educational backgrounds, receiving a &quot;very good&quot; rating among elementary school graduates, non-elementary graduates, high school graduates and college graduates.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/10/27/pr20181027_vis06.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Compared to other presidents, Duterte has received the highest average net trust rating during his presidency.</p><p>From the SWS surveys of October 1989 and April 1992, Corazon Aquino obtained an average net trust of a &quot;good&quot; +33.</p><p>On the other hand, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo obtained a moderate +27 in February 2004. Her trust ratings remained negative until her term ended in 2010.</p><p>Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, meanwhile, obtained an average net trust rating of a &quot;very good&quot; +59 from September 2011 to June 2016.</p><p>The SWS did not survey the trust ratings of Fidel Ramos and Joseph Estrada during their presidency.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/10/27/pr20181027_vis07.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></figure></div><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/10/27/pr20181027_vis08.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></figure></div><p>The SWS took the survey from September 15 to 23, 2018, using face-to-face interviews of 1,500 adults aged 18 and older nationwide.</p><p>The SWS surveyed 600 adults in Balance Luzon and 300 each in Metro Manila, Visayas, and Mindanao.</p><p>It had sampling error margins of ±3 percent for national percentages, ±4 percent for Balance Luzon, and ±6 percent each for Metro Manila, Visayas, and Mindanao.</p>

<p>MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte's net trust rating rose to +62 in the third quarter of the year, results of a September survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed Saturday.<br /> </p>

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte's net trust rating rose to +62 in the third quarter of the year, results of a September survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed Saturday.

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Duterte trust rating up in 3rd quarter of 2018: SWS

Rose Carmelle Lacuata,

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Published Oct 27, 2018 05:07 PM PHT

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Updated Oct 27, 2018 06:27 PM PHT

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