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SWS: In Q3 survey, Duterte admin satisfaction rating remains ‘very good’

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/business/11/06/20191106-dutetre.jpg"/><figcaption>Lower economic classes were not as satisfied with the Duterte government, compared with the upper ones, based on a survey conducted in the third quarter of 2019. Handout</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA (UPDATE) —Three out four Filipinos remain &quot;very&quot; satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s administration, a survey conducted in the third quarter of the year by the <a href="https://www.sws.org.ph/swsmain/artcldisppage/?artcsyscode=ART-20191106191751&amp;mc_cid=dd97512c34&amp;mc_eid=7020be7060">Social Weather Stations</a> (SWS) revealed Wednesday.Of 1,800 Filipino adults, 77 percent were satisfied with the national government&#x27;s general performance, 11 percent were undecided, and 10 percent were dissatisfied.This yielded a plus-67 net satisfaction rating, 6 points lower than the record high plus-73 the administration achieved in the previous quarter.The pollster attributed the lower rating to the declines in satisfaction in Mindanao, Balance Luzon and Visayas.The government&#x27;s satisfaction rating dropped by 1 point in the Visayas (plus-70 in September from plus-71 in June), Mindanao by 10 points (plus-70 in September from plus-80 in June) and by 10 points in Balance Luzon (plus-63 in September from plus-73 in June).The national government&#x27;s satisfaction rating, meanwhile, increased by 12 points in Metro Manila, from a &quot;very good&quot; plus-59 in June to an &quot;excellent&quot; plus-71 in September.Meanwhile, satisfaction with the government dropped by 7 points in Class D or the &quot;masa&quot; (from plus-73 in June to plus-66 in September) and 5 points in Class E (from plus-73 in June to plus-68 in September).However, satisfaction with the government rose from a &quot;very good&quot; plus-60 in June to an &quot;excellent&quot; plus-78 in September in Class A, B and C.<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/business/11/06/sws-1.jpg"/></figure></div>Malacañang, in a statement Thursday, welcomed the survey results which, it said, shows that &quot;a significant number of our countrymen possesses discernment that can stand and see beyond the endless politicking managed by the opposition.&quot;&quot;(For the President), the true measure of proper governance and public service is accomplishing the job entrusted to him by the electorate without expecting any reward for it,&quot; Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said.<div>REPORT CARD</div>The survey also found that the Duterte administration registered declines on 7 subjects, improvements on 3 subjects and steady ratings on 5 subjects.The government&#x27;s ratings dropped from &quot;excellent&quot; to &quot;very good&quot; on helping the poor, down 8 points from plus-70 in June to plus-62 in September.The numbers also fell from &quot;very good&quot; to &quot;good&quot; on the subjects of fighting terrorism (plus-49 in September from plus-55 in June), protecting the freedom of the press (plus-47 in September from plus-56 in June), fighting crimes (plus-43 in September from plus-50 in June) and foreign relations (plus-39 in September from plus-52 in June).The government&#x27;s rating, likewise, fell from a &quot;good&quot; plus-34 in June to a &quot;moderate&quot; plus-28 in September on the subject of ensuring that no family will ever be hungry, and from a &quot;moderate&quot; plus-14 in June to a &quot;neutral&quot; plus-5 in September on the subject fighting inflation.The government&#x27;s rating on having clear policies went up by 13 points from June&#x27;s plus-40 &quot;good&quot; rating to a &quot;very good&quot; plus-53 in September.The government also improved on the subjects of developing a healthy economy and acting according to what the people want, which both got a &quot;good&quot; rating from the previous years&#x27; &quot;moderate&quot; rating.The people&#x27;s satisfaction rating on the subjects of reconciling with Muslim rebels, reconciling with communist rebels, eradicating graft and corruption, recovering ill-gotten wealth of former president Ferdinand Marcos and his cronies and defending Philippine sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea all went down but were able to stay within the &quot;good&quot; category.<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/business/11/06/sws-2.jpg"/></figure></div>The third quarter poll was conducted from September 27 to 30. It has a margin of error of ±2.6 percent for national figures; ±4 percent each for Balance Luzon and Mindanao; and ±6 percent each for Metro Manila and the Visayas.

Lower economic classes were not as satisfied with the Duterte government, compared with the upper ones, based on a survey conducted in the third quarter of 2019.

Lower economic classes were not as satisfied with the Duterte government, compared with the upper ones, based on a survey conducted in the third quarter of 2019.