President Benigno Aquino, Vice President Jejomar Binay and Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile
President Benigno Aquino, Vice President Jejomar Binay and Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile continue to enjoy majority approval and trust ratings, according to the results of the latest Pulse Asia survey.
The survey, conducted from Aug. 31 to Sept. 7, showed Mr. Aquino’s approval ratings improving by 11 percentage points, from 67 percent in May to 78 percent in September, and his trust ratings going up 13 points, from 65 percent in May to 78 percent in September.
Binay’s approval and trust ratings remained high at 85 percent (from 81 percent) and 84 percent (from 78 percent), respectively.
Enrile’s approval and trust ratings also improved, from 68 percent to 72 percent and from 62 percent to 65 percent, respectively.
The survey also showed that House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte’s trust rating went up by 7 points, from 29 percent to 36 percent, while his approval rating was almost unchanged, from 37 percent to 38 percent.
Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno was not included in the survey because she was appointed to the Supreme Court only on Aug. 25, a few days before the field interviews for the survey commenced.
Double-digit jump
In terms of approval ratings, the President posted double-digit improvements across almost all areas and socioeconomic classes except in Balance of Luzon where it went up by 8 points, from 69 percent to 77 percent.
The President posted the best improvement in approval ratings in Metro Manila where it went up by 18 points from 57 percent to 75 percent, while the number of those who disapproved of his performance dipped by 7 points, from 12 percent to 5 percent.
His approval ratings in the Visayas improved by 11 points, from 69 percent to 80 percent, while it improved by 13 points from 66 percent to 79 percent in Mindanao.
Aquino’s approval ratings went up by 14 points among the Class ABC (from 58 percent to 72 percent), 10 points among the Class D (from 66 percent to 76 percent), and 12 points among the Class E (from 71 percent to 83 percent).
For Binay, his highest approval rating of 88 percent was from the Balance of Luzon and Class E. His approval ratings was statistically unchanged from 84 percent to 82 percent in Metro Manila and from 81 percent to 78 percent in the Visayas. It went up by 8 points from 78 percent to 86 percent in Mindanao.
His approval rating was almost unchanged at 78 percent (from 79 percent) among the Class ABC, and at 84 percent (from 81 percent) among the Class D.
Improvements in Mindanao
Enrile’s highest approval rating of 82 percent was from the Class ABC. He posted the best improvements in Mindanao where his approval rating went up by 14 points, from 61 percent to 75 percent.
His approval ratings also went up in the Visayas, from 61 percent to 73 percent, while remaining almost the same in Metro Manila at 75 percent (from 74 percent). It declined by 4 points from, 73 percent to 69 percent, in Balance Luzon.
For Belmonte, his highest approval rating of 49 percent (from 42 percent) was from Metro Manila. His approval rating also improved in the Visayas (from 36 percent to 45 percent) and was statistically the same in Mindanao (from 29 percent to 32 percent). It, however, declined in Balance Luzon, from 40 percent to 34 percent.
Across classes, Belmonte’s approval rating improved among Class ABC (from 39 percent to 45 percent) and Class E (from 30 percent to 39 percent). Among Class D, it was at 36 percent (from 39 percent).
By geographical areas and socioeconomic classes, a majority expressed trust in Mr. Aquino (from 71 percent to 86 percent), Binay (from 78 percent to 88 percent) and Enrile (from 59 percent to 77 percent). The proportion of those who expressed trust in Belmonte ranged from 28 percent to 46 percent.
Mr. Aquino’s trust rating improved the most among the Class ABC and E by 20 points. His ratings went up from 57 percent to 77 percent among the Class ABC and from 66 percent to 86 percent among the Class E. Among Class D, he improved by 9 points, from 66 percent to 75 percent in September.
Across geographical areas, Mr. Aquino’s trust ratings went up by 12 points in Metro Manila (from 59 percent to 71 percent), 9 points in Balance Luzon (from 68 percent to 77 percent), 15 points in the Visayas (from 65 percent to 80 percent) and 16 points in Mindanao (from 64 percent to 80 percent).
Binay earned his highest trust rating among the Class E where he scored 88 percent (from 79 percent in May). Among the Class ABC, his trust rating went up by 16 points (from 66 percent to 82 percent) and among Class D, he improved by 4 points (from 79 percent to 83 percent).
Unchanged in Metro
His trust rating was statistically unchanged in Metro Manila (from 80 percent to 78 percent) but improved in Balance Luzon (from 78 percent to 86 percent), the Visayas (from 79 percent to 84 percent) and Mindanao (from 75 percent to 84 percent).
Enrile scored his highest trust ratings among the Class ABC with 77 percent (from 76 percent). It was almost unchanged among the Class D (from 62 percent to 63 percent) but improved among the Class E (from 60 percent to 65 percent).
Across geographical areas, Enrile’s trust rating declined by 7 points in Balance Luzon (from 66 percent to 59 percent) but improved in Metro Manila (from 70 percent to 74 percent), the Visayas (from 59 percent to 71 percent) and Mindanao (from 54 percent to 65 percent).
Belmonte scored his highest trust rating in the Visayas where he got 46 percent (from 31 percent). His trust ratings also improved across all areas and classes.
The approval ratings of the Senate, House of Representatives and Supreme Court also improved significantly in the period surveyed.
The Senate’s approval rating went up by 11 points from 48 percent in May to 59 percent in September.
The approval rating of the House of Representatives improved by 6 points from 45 percent to 51 percent.
The Supreme Court’s approval rating also moved up from 44 percent to 52 percent in September.
Pulse Asia used face-to-face interviews with 1,200 respondents and had a margin of error of plus-or-minus 3 percentage points for national data and plus or minus 6 percentage points for regional data. Marielle Medina, Inquirer Research