Latest SWS Survey: President Duterte Mataas pa rin ang Ratings


President Rodrigo Duterte got a "very good" satisfaction rating in the latest Social Weather Station (SWS) survey conducted between Sept. 24 and 27 through interviews with 1,200 adults nationwide. The SWS survey published first on Businessworld online, showed that 75 percent were satisfied, while 13 percent were undecided on Duterte's performance in the first 100 days of his term.


The survey has sampling error margins of ± 3 percentage points for national percentages and ± 6 points each for Metro Manila, "Balance of Luzon," the Visayas and Mindanao.

Duterte gained a net satisfaction rating of +64 percent, which is classified as “very good.”

Duterte got an "excellent" rating with +85 percent in Mindanao, a known bailiwick, and "very good" +62 in the Visayas, +58 in Metro Manila, and +57 in "Balance Luzon."

Among socioeconomic classes, Duterte maintains a "very good" rating with +65 in classes D and E and a lower +56 rating among the ABC class.

SWS classifies net satisfaction ratings of at least +70 as “excellent”; those +50 to +69 as “very good”; +30 to +49, “good”; +10 to +29, “moderate”; +9 to - 9, “neutral”; - 10 to - 29, “poor”; - 30 to - 49, “bad”; - 50 to - 69, “very bad”; and - 70 and below, “execrable.”