WHEN a leader’s survey ratings decline among the poor and in the countryside, what should he do? Indeed, what should worry the administration is that President Rodrigo Duterte’s ratings dipped among the poor and in rural areas despite falling joblessness, moderate prices, and safer streets. For sure, fighting drugs, crime and corruption is high on his agenda, and this has surely helped keep his ratings high overall. One possible threat to Duterte’s high grades is rice prices and supplies. Like Duterte, Fidel Ramos also enjoyed sustained high ratings from the start of his presidency, with net satisfaction at plus60 percent or more for two years.

Source: Manila Times May 08, 2017 16:30 UTC