MANILA, Philippines — The net satisfaction rating of the Duterte administration dropped in the third quarter of 2019, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released Wednesday night.
The Duterte administration scored a net satisfaction of +67, a six-point drop from +73 in June 2019 — that is from “excellent” to “very good.”
The survey showed that 77 % of adult Filipinos said they were satisfied with the administration while 10% said they were dissatisfied.
Some 11%, meanwhile, said they are neither satisfied nor dissatisfied.
The survey noted that the administration’s net satisfaction rating reported declines of 10 points in Mindanao, 10 points in Balance Luzon, and 1 point in the Visayas.
But it garnered a 12-point increase in Metro Manila.
The net satisfaction rating also fell in both urban and rural areas, as well as in classes D and E, while it reported an increase in classes A, B, and C.
In terms of specific performance subjects, the administration was rated the following:
- Helping the poor (+62)
- Providing information needed by the citizens to properly examine what the government is doing (+54)
- Having clear policies (+53)
- Fighting terrorism (+49)
- Developing a healthy economy (+48)
- Protecting the freedom of the press (+47)
- Acting according to what the people want (+44)
- Fighting crimes that victimize ordinary citizens, like killings, holdups, robberies, physical violence, etc. (+43)
- Reconciliation with Muslim rebels (+40)
- Foreign relations (+39)
- Reconciliation with communist rebels (+38)
- Eradicating graft and corruption in government (+32)
- Recovering ill-gotten wealth of former Pres. Marcos and his cronies (+30)
- Defending Philippine sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea (+30)
- Ensuring that no family will ever be hungry and have nothing to eat (+28)
- Fighting inflation (+5)
The survey was conducted from Sept. 27 to 30, 2019, using face-to-face interviews of 1,800 adults nationwide, with sampling error margins of ±2.3% for national percentages.
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