puricarexfiles: President Rodrigo Duterte scored high approval and trust ratings in his first three months in office, a Pulse Asia survey showed. This is the first performance-rated Pulse Asia survey under Duterte's term.

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President Rodrigo Duterte scored high approval and trust ratings in his first three months in office, a Pulse Asia survey showed. This is the first performance-rated Pulse Asia survey under Duterte's term.

Duterte scores 86 percent approval, trust ratings in Pulse Asia survey

Published October 12, 2016 1:17pm

President Rodrigo Duterte scored high approval and trust ratings in his first three months in office, a Pulse Asia survey showed.

The results, released on Wednesday, showed that Duterte got 86 percent on both approval and trust ratings of the survey, conducted on a sample of 1,200 adults nationwide from September 25 to October 1.

This is the first performance-rated Pulse Asia survey under Duterte's term.

It has a ±3 percent error margin at the 95-percent confidence level. Subnational estimates for geographic areas have a ±6 percent error margin.

Some 11 percent were undecided on both approval and trust components.

Meanwhile, 3 percent disapproved of the President and 3 percent noted "small/no trust."

Duterte got the highest approval rating from Mindanao, with 93 percent of respondents appreciating his work. This is followed by Visayas (88 percent), Balance Luzon (84 percent), and National Capital Region (80 percent).

Pulse Asia noted that "ambivalence" toward Duterte's performance "is more pronounced than outright disapproval," with single-digit disapproval ratings across locations and socio-economic classes.

Among socio-economic classes, Duterte got the highest approval rating from Class E with 88 percent, followed by 86 percent from Class D, and 82 percent from Class ABC.

Trust is at 88 percent in Class E, while it's at 85 percent from both Classes ABC and D.

Pulse Asia noted that the survey was conducted amid several "key developments," including:

* self-confessed hitman Edgar Matobato testifying before the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights in its investigation over the alleged extrajudicial killings;

* several international bodies, including the United Nations, and foreign leaders expressing concern over the spate of drug-related killings;

* Duterte referring to Adolf Hitler in an apparent parallel between his anti-drug campaign and the genocide of Jews by Nazi Germany, and his subsequent apology to the Jewish community;

* Sen. Leila de Lima's ouster as chair of the Senate Justice committee;

* the ongoing House inquiry on the alleged proliferation of drugs in the New Bilibid Prison; and

* accusations that the Liberal Party—the ruling party of the past administration—is plotting Duterte's ouster.

A Pulse Asia survey conducted when he assumed office in July showed Duterte snagging a "big trust" rating of 91 percent with a 100-percent awareness rating.

Meanwhile, last Monday, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed that Duterte's trust rating fell by three points, from +79 to +76, but that it remained "excellent" amid his anti-drug campaign. —KG, GMA News