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SWS: Duterte satisfaction rating falls to 52 pct

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="President Rodrigo Durterte via Presidential Photo/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/life/10/29/20211028-duterte-rodrigo-asean-summit-mnib-4.jpg"/><figcaption>President Rodrigo Durterte attends a virtual plenary session of the 38th and 39th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits and Related Summits at the Malacañang Palace on October 26, 2021. <em>King Rodriguez, Presidential Photo/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s net satisfaction rating fell to 52 percent in the third quarter of 2022, 10 points below his previous score last June, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said Friday night. </p><p>Of 1,200 adult Filipinos polled last September, 67 percent of respondents said they were satisfied with Duterte&#x27;s performance, 15 percent said they were not, while 11 percent were undecided, the SWS said in its survey result.</p><p>Duterte&#x27;s net rating, or the difference between those satisfied and dissatisfied with his performance, was at 52 percent or still &quot;very good&quot;, the pollster noted.</p><p>&quot;This is 10 points below the very good +62 in June 2021 and the lowest since the good +45 in June 2018,&quot; it said.</p><p>Duterte&#x27;s rating decline was due to decrease in satisfaction in his performance in all areas except Mindanao. According to SWS, his score fell from &quot;very good to good&quot; in Metro Manila, and &quot;very good to good&quot; in Balance Luzon and the Visayas.</p><p>Satisfaction with Duterte in Mindanao, the President&#x27;s home island, remained &quot;excellent.&quot;</p><p>His net satisfaction in both urban and rural area also dropped. It also declined among men and women but it remained &quot;very good&quot; in both genders, SWS said.</p><p>Duterte&#x27;s score dropped in all age groups, the lowest being among 35 to 44-year-old adults. His rating also fell in all educational groups, especially among college graduates.</p><p>According to SWS, Duterte&#x27;s satisfaction rating is only &quot;good&quot; among adults whom the pollster termed as &quot;losers&quot;, or Filipinos who said their quality of life got worse, and &quot;pessimists&quot;, who said their quality of life will worsen.</p><p>SWS last month bared that Duterte&#x27;s satisfaction rating peaked in November 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic that left businesses struggling and millions jobless in the Philippines.</p><p>COVID mismanagement had a “weak” correlation with satisfaction rating, said SWS fellow Geoffrey Ducanes, an associate professor at the Ateneo de Manila University Department of Economics. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/23/21/duterte-rating-peaked-in-2020-despite-pandemic-sws">Duterte satisfaction rating peaked in Nov 2020 despite pandemic, SWS reveals</a></li></ul><p>One factor in Duterte&#x27;s high rating is &quot;his strong base support, which has stuck with him so far, regardless of economic and other developments,&quot; he said.</p><p>Earlier this month, SWS revealed almost half or 45 percent of Filipinos believe reporting anything critical against Duterte&#x27;s administration could be &quot;dangerous&quot;.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/10/14/21/sws-is-reporting-truth-vs-duterte-admin-dangerous">SWS: Nearly half of Filipinos say reporting vs Duterte administration &#x27;dangerous&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>Only a total of 42 percent of adult Filipinos also thought that they could say anything against the President &quot;openly and without fear.&quot;</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1734620" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Duterte's net rating, or the difference between those satisfied and dissatisfied with his performance, was at 52 percent or still 'very good'.