President Duterte achieved a personal best in public approval ratings last month after the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed a “very good” net satisfaction rating of +66. In its June 23 to 26 poll of 1,200 respondents nationwide, SWS said 78 percent said they were satisfied with the President’s work while 12 percent were dissatisfied, for a net satisfaction rating (satisfied minus dissatisfied) of +66 in June. The satisfaction rating, which has a three-point margin of error, was up three points from Mr. Duterte’s net rating of +63 (75 percent satisfied, 12 percent dissatisfied) in March. In particular, Mr. Duterte’s net satisfaction rating was highest in the Visayas where it increased from +62 to an “excellent” +73. SWS considers a rating of plus 70 and above as “excellent”; plus 50 to plus 69, “very good”; plus 30 to plus 49, “good”; plus 10 to plus 29, “moderate”; plus 9 to minus 9, “neutral”; minus 10 to minus 29, “poor.” —INQUIRER RESEARCH, PHILIP C. TUBEZA

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 07, 2017 23:26 UTC