Duterte ‘very good’ in recent SWS survey

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech at the Davao international airport terminal building early on September 30, 2016, shortly after arriving from an official visit to Vietnam. Duterte on September 30 drew a parallel with his deadly crime war and Hitler's massacre of Jews, as he said he was "happy to slaughter" millions of drug addicts. / AFP PHOTO / MANMAN DEJETO
File photo of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte / AFP PHOTO / MANMAN DEJETO

 

(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte garnered a “very good” rating in the recent Social Weather Stations’ (SWS) survey, despite his controversial tirades against United States and other international communities.

The data were collected September 24 to 27.

The survey, which conducted through interviews with 1,200 adults nationwide showed that 75% of them were satisfied, while 13 percent were undecided.

With a net satisfaction of +64%, Duterte fared better than his predecessors, except former President Fidel V. Ramos with +66% in a survey conducted in 1992.

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.”