Senate, House, SC, Cabinet receive ‘good’ satisfaction rating in Q3 — SWS

Among the respondents, 53 percent were satisfied with the performance of the lower chamber, while 17 percent were dissatisfied, resulting to a “good” +36 from the “moderate” +25 in June last year. (File photo: House of Representatives of the Philippines/Facebook)

Filipinos gave the Senate, House of Representatives, Supreme Court (SC), and President Rodrigo Duterte’s Cabinet a “good” net satisfaction rating in the third quarter of 2018, according to a private pollster.

In its latest survey done from September 15 to 23, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said that 62 percent of its 1,500 survey respondents said they were satisfied with the performance of the Senate, while 14 percent of them were not, giving the upper house a “good” +48 score from the +41 in June 2018.

The seven-point increase in the net satisfaction of the Senate, the SWS said, was because of the increases of 13 points in Balance Luzon, and 12 points in Mindanao even though it dropped by nine points in Metro Manila and one point in the Visayas.

On the other hand, the lower chamber and the High Court’s net satisfaction score both jumped from “moderate” to “good.”

Among the respondents, 53 percent were satisfied with the performance of the lower chamber, while 17 percent were dissatisfied, resulting to a “good” +36 from the “moderate” +25 in June last year.

The 11-point climb in the score of the House was due to increases of 21 points in Balance Luzon, and 15 points in Mindanao, despite the 2-point decrease in the Visayas, and the 10-point decrease in Metro Manila, according to the SWS,

The SC’s net satisfaction score boosted from “moderate” +19 in the previous quarter to a “good” +31, with 49 percent of the respondents said they are satisfied with the High Court’s performance and 18 percent are dissatisfied.

The pollster noted that the 12-point rise in the SC’s overall net satisfaction was due to increases of 18 points in Metro Manila, 14 points in Balance Luzon, 15 points in the Visayas, and four points in Mindanao.

Meanwhile, the net satisfaction score of Duterte’s Cabinet also escalated to “good” +32 from “moderate” +25 in June 2018.

The SWS showed that 48 percent of Filipinos are satisfied with the Cabinet’s performance, while 16 percent were not satisfied.

The six-point improvement in the SC’s rating was due to increases of 11 points in Balance Luzon, eight points in Mindanao, and six points in Visayas, although down by five points in Metro Manila.

The pollster classified net satisfaction ratings of +70 and above as “excellent,” +50 to +69 as “very good,” +30 to +49 as “good,” +10 to +29 as “moderate,” +9 to -9 as “neutral,” -10 to -29 as “poor,” -30 to -49 as “bad,” -50 to -69 as “very bad,” and -70 and below as “execrable.”

The SWS used face-to-face interviews of its respondents on its September 2018 Social Weather Survey. It also used sampling error margins of plus or minus three percent for national percentages, plus or minus four percent for Balance Luzon, and plus or minus six percent for Metro Manila, Visayas and Mindanao.