The trust rating of Vice President Leni Robredo slightly drops from 40 percent to 38 percent in the latest survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS).
According to the survey, 59 percent of adult Filipinos said they have “much trust” in Robredo while 21 percent have “little trust” while 21 percent were undecided.
The SWS survey was conducted from September 15-23, 2018.
The SWS said Robredo got a net trust rating of +38, which the survey group classified as “good.”
According to the SWS, Robredo’s net trust rating dropped by two points from the “good” +40 in June 2018.
The SWS noted that the drop of two points in Robredo’s overall net trust rating was due to decreases in the Visayas and Balance Luzon, offsetting the increases in Mindanao and Metro Manila.
The Vice President’s net trust rating rose by one grade from “moderate” to “good” in Mindanao with a 14-point increase to a +42 from a +28 in June 2018, the survey data showed.
Meanwhile, Robredo’s net trust rating in Metro Manila stayed “moderate” at +24, the SWS said.
However, the survey showed that he net trust rating in Visayas dropped 17 points falling from a “very good” to “good” while in Balance Luzon, Robredo’s net trust rating remained “good” despite a decrease of five points from the previous period in June 2018, the SWS added.
According to the SWS, the survey respondents were asked the question: Maaari po bang sabihin ninyo kung ang pagtitiwala ninyo kay Leni Robredo ay: Napakalaki; medyo malaki; hindi tiyak kung malaki o maliit; medyo maliit, napakaliit, o wala pa kayong narinig o nabasa kahit na kailan tungkol kay Leni Robredo? Pakisabi ang sagot ninyo sa pamamagitan ng paglagay ng mga kard sa naaangkop na lugar sa rating board na ito.
(Please indicate if your trust/faith in Leni Robredo is: Very much; somewhat much; undecided if much or little; somewhat little, very little, or you have not heard or read anything about Leni Robredo ever? You may indicate your answers by placing each card on the appropriate box on this rating board)
The survey used face-to-face interviews with 1,500 adults (18 years old and above) nationwide as respondents.
There were 600 adult respondents in Balance Luzon and 300 each in Metro Manila, Visayas, and Mindanao
The SWS said the survey has sampling error margins of ±3 percent for national percentages, ±4 percent for Balance Luzon, and ±6 percent each for Metro Manila, Visayas, and Mindanao. /muf