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Aquino satisfaction rating rises

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THE overall satisfaction rating of the Aquino administration has increased slightly to 59 percent in the third quarter from 52 percent in the second quarter, The Standard Poll showed.

At least 22 percent of Filipino voters said they were dissatisfied with the way the administration was running the country, while 19 percent said they were undecided on the issue, for a net satisfaction rating of +37.

The administration’s rating improved significantly in the Visayas (up 11 points at 63 percent) and in Mindanao (up eight points at 69 percent), and it was only in the National Capital Region that its satisfaction rating went down, from 50 percent in May to 44 percent in September.

Some 61 percent of the respondents said they were satisfied with the performance of President Benigno Aquino III, up 11 points from the chief executive’s 50-percent rating in May.

Aquino’s approval rating also went up nine points to 56 percent from 47 percent in the second quarter.

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With 21 percent of respondents saying they disapproved of the President’s decisions, Aquino posted a net approval rating of +35, up by 11 points from his +24 net rating in May.

Most of Filipino voters (57 percent) also said they trusted the President. His trust rating was particularly high in the Visayas (65 percent) and Mindanao (73 percent).

The number of respondents who said their quality of life has improved under the Aquino administration also went up nine points from 20 percent in May to 29 percent in September.

At least 60 percent of the respondents said their quality of life has not changed while 11 percent said their quality of life has deteriorated under the Aquino administration.

President Aquino was also the most trusted among the top five officials, followed by Vice President Jejomar Binay (43 percent), Senate President Franklin Drilon (29 percent), Speaker Feliciano Belmonte (19 percent), and Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno (19 percent).

Aquino’s highest trust rating was in Mindanao at 73 percent while his lowest was posted in NCR at 37 percent.

The survey, conducted by The Standard’s pollster resident pollster, Junie Laylo, from Sept. 21 to Oct. 1, had 1,500 respondents, all of whom are registered voters with biometrics from 76 provinces across the country and the 17 cities in the National Capital Region.

The Standard Poll has error margins of +/- 2.6 percent for the national results and +/- 6 percent for the regional results. All regions were represented in the survey.

Laylo, The Standard’s in-house pollster, has 25 years of experience in political polling and strategic research.

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