Net satisfaction with Robredo inches up to +34 in latest SWS survey

MANILA, Philippines — More than half—57 percent—of Filipinos are satisfied with the performance of Vice President Leni Robredo against 23 percent who are not, the latest Social Weather Stations poll suggests.

Robredo got a "good" net satisfaction rating of +34 in the Third Quarter 2018 SWS survey. SWS classifies a net rating, or the percent dissatisfied substracting from the percentage of respondents satisfied, of +30 to +49 as good.

Robredo's latest rating is up 2 points from +32 in June 28 due to an increase of 9 points in Metro Manila, 8 points in Mindanao and 2 points in Balance Luzon, SWS said on its website.

The satisfaction with the vice president's performance dropped 11 points among respondents in the Visayas, where her net satisfaction rating declined to "good" in September from "very good" in June.

Her net satisfaction rating among respondents from Mindanao rose from "moderate" to "good" in Mindanao, to +34 from +26.

Robredo's net satisfaction among respondents who are non-elementary graduates rose to "very good" (+51) from "good" (+47). It went down to +10 in September among college graduates against +26 in June but stayed in the "moderate" category.

"It rose from moderate to good among class D, among men, among 45-54 year olds, and among high school graduates, ranging from +30 to +35. However, it fell by one grade among class E (from very good +55 to good +48), and among classes ABC (from moderate +10 to neutral +2)," SWS said.

Robredo's satisfaction rating "stayed good among women, among 18 to 44 year olds, among 55 year olds and above, and among elementary graduates, ranging from +33 to +39," SWS also said.

The survey was conducted from September 15-23, weeks after President Rodrigo Duterte said the country would be better off with a dictator than if Robredo were to succeed him.

"[Robredo] cannot hack it," Duterte said then while sticking to his assertion that Naga City, where Robredo was congresswoman, was a "hotbed" for drugs. He also claimed the vice president's brother-in-law is involved in the illegal drug trade.

Robredo denied the allegations, saying they were "recycled rants conveniently used to deflect attention from the failures of this administration." 

The SWS survey was done through face-to-face interviews of 1,500 adults nationwide, SWS said, with "600 in Balance Luzon, and 300 each in Metro Manila, Visayas, and Mindanao."

"Sampling error margins of ±3 percent for national percentages, ±4 percent for Balance Luzon, and ±6 percent each for Metro Manila, Visayas, and Mindanao," it also said.