The making of DU30’s 74 %THE latest reported Social Weather Stations survey gives President Rodrigo Duterte an incredible popularity rating of 74 percent, despite signs of a debased public confidence in his government. But what are the chances of any local pollster conducting a truly honest poll about DU30’s performance? Now he is trumpeting DU30’s 74 percent approval rating. How is DU30’s rating on these individual issues? But if he is scoring a zero in all or most of these issues, even a portion of 74 percent would have no basis.

Source: Manila Times January 15, 2019 16:36 UTC