SWS: Leni Bows Out as VP with ‘Neutral’ +7 Satisfaction Rating

by Social Weather Stations

The Social Weather Survey of June 26-29, 2022, the last under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, found 45% satisfied and 38% dissatisfied with the performance of Vice-President Leni Robredo, 66% satisfied and 15% dissatisfied with Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, 38% satisfied and 21% dissatisfied with Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, and 35% satisfied and 18% dissatisfied with Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo [Table 1].

The resulting net satisfaction ratings (% satisfied minus % dissatisfied) were a neutral^{^[1]} +7 for Vice-President Robredo, a very good +51 for Senate President Sotto, a moderate +18 for Speaker Velasco, and a moderate +16 for Chief Justice Gesmundo.

Net satisfaction with Vice-President Robredo at “neutral” +7

Compared to April 2022, Vice-President Robredo's net satisfaction rating stayed neutral, hardly moving from +8 to +7 [Chart 1, Tables 2 and 3].

The 1-point decline in the overall net satisfaction rating of Vice-President Robredo was due to increases in Balance Luzon (or Luzon outside Metro Manila) and Metro Manila, combined with decreases in the Visayas and Mindanao.

Vice-President Robredo's net satisfaction rating rose from neutral to moderate in Balance Luzon, up from +1 in April 2022 to +13 in June 2022. It stayed neutral in Metro Manila, although up from -5 in April to -1 in June. It also stayed neutral in Mindanao, although down from +7 in April to -8 in June. It fell from good to moderate in the Visayas, down from +33 (correctly rounded) in April to +16 (correctly rounded) in June.

Urban net satisfaction stayed neutral, although down from -3 in April 2022 to -5 in June 2022. Rural net satisfaction stayed moderate, up from +18 in April to +20 (correctly rounded) in June.

Vice-President Robredo's net satisfaction rating stayed at neutral +3 among men from April to June 2022. It stayed moderate among women, hardly moving from +12 in April to +11 in June.

By age group, net satisfaction with Vice-President Robredo stayed moderate among the 18-24-year-olds, although down from +24 (correctly rounded) in April 2022 to +14 in June 2022. It stayed neutral among those 25-to-54-year-olds, hardly moving from a +1 to +7 range in April to a -3 to +8 range in June. It rose from neutral to moderate among those 55 years old and older, up from +9 in April to +13 in June.

By educational attainment, Vice-President Robredo's net satisfaction rating stayed moderate among those who either had no formal education or some elementary education (non-elementary graduates), although down from +25 in April 2022 to +16 in June 2022. It fell from moderate to neutral among those who either finished elementary or had some high school education (elementary graduates), hardly moving from +10 (correctly rounded) in April to +9 in June. It stayed at neutral levels among those who either finished junior high school, had some vocational schooling, had some senior high school, finished senior high school, completed vocational school, or attended some college (junior high school graduates), and among those who either graduated from college or took postgraduate studies (college graduates), from a +2 to +4 range in April to a -8 to +7 range in June.

“Very good” +51 net satisfaction for Senate President Sotto

Senate President Sotto's net satisfaction rating stayed very good, although down slightly from +55 in April 2022 to +51 in June 2022 [Chart 2, Tables 4 and 5].

The 4-point decline in the overall net satisfaction rating of Senate President Sotto was due to increases in Metro Manila and Balance Luzon, combined with decreases in Mindanao and the Visayas.

Net satisfaction with Senate President Sotto rose from good to very good in Metro Manila, up from +49 in April 2022 to +54 in June 2022. It stayed very good in Balance Luzon, up slightly from +58 in April to +60 in June. However, it fell from very good to good in Mindanao, down from +50 (correctly rounded) in April to +31 in June. It stayed very good in the Visayas, although down from +57 in April to +51(correctly rounded) in June.

Urban net satisfaction with Senate President Sotto stayed at very good +51 from April to June 2022. Rural net satisfaction also stayed very good, although down slightly from +58 in April to +52 in June.

Senate President Sotto's net satisfaction rating stayed very good among men and women, moving from a +53 to +56 range in April 2022 to a +51 to +52 range in June 2022.

By age group, Senate President Sotto's net satisfaction rating stayed good among the 18-24-year-olds, down slightly from +48 (correctly rounded) in April 2022 to +45 in June 2022. It fell from very good to good among the 25-34-year-olds, down from +55 (correctly rounded) in April to +44 in June. It stayed at very good levels among those 35 years old and above, from a +52 to +63 range in April to a +50 to +57 range in June.

By education, net satisfaction with Senate President Sotto stayed good among non-elementary graduates, although down slightly from +49 in April 2022 to +45 in June 2022. It stayed very good among elementary graduates, down slightly from +58 in April to +52 in June. It also stayed very good among junior high school graduates, hardly moving from +53 in April to +51 in June. It also stayed very good among college graduates, down slightly from +59 in April to +54 in June.

Net satisfaction with Speaker Velasco at “moderate” +18

Net satisfaction with Speaker Velasco rose from neutral to moderate, up from +7 in April 2022 to +18 (correctly rounded) in June 2022 [Chart 3, Tables 6 and 7].

The 11-point increase in the overall net satisfaction rating of Speaker Velasco was due to increases in all areas.

Speaker Velasco's net satisfaction rating rose from neutral to moderate in the Visayas, up from -2 in April 2022 to +20 in June 2022. It also rose from neutral to moderate in Balance Luzon, up from +9 in April to +14 (correctly rounded) in June. It stayed moderate in Metro Manila, up from +11 in April to +26 in June. It also stayed moderate in Mindanao, up from +10 (correctly rounded) in April to +18 in June.

Urban net satisfaction with Speaker Velasco rose from neutral to moderate, up from +5 in April 2022 to +14 in April 2022. Rural net satisfaction also rose from neutral to moderate, up from +9 in April to +23 in June.

Speaker Velasco's net satisfaction rating rose from neutral to moderate among men, up from +2 (correctly rounded) in April 2022 to +19 in June 2022. It stayed moderate among women, up from +12 in April to +16 (correctly rounded) in June.

By age group, Speaker Velasco's net satisfaction rating rose from neutral to moderate levels among those 18 to 44 years old, from a +7 to +9 range in April 2022 to a +16 to +20 range in June 2022. It also rose from neutral to moderate among those 55 years old and older, up from +1 in April to +16 in June. It stayed moderate among the 45-54-year-olds, up from +12 in April to +23 (correctly rounded) in June.

By education, Speaker Velasco's net satisfaction rating fell from moderate to neutral among non-elementary graduates, moving from +10 in April 2022 to +9 in June 2022. It rose from neutral to moderate among elementary graduates, up from +4 in April to +16 in June. It also rose from neutral to moderate among junior high school graduates, up from +5 (correctly rounded) in April to +21 (correctly rounded) in June. It stayed moderate for college graduates, up slightly from +16 in April to +18 in June

Chief Justice Gesmundo's net rating a "Moderate" +16

Chief Justice Gesmundo's net satisfaction rating rose from neutral to moderate, up from +1 in April 2022 to +16 in June 2022 [Chart 4, Tables 8 and 9].

The 15-point increase in the overall net satisfaction rating of Chief Justice Gesmundo was due to increases in all areas.

Net satisfaction with Chief Justice Gesmundo rose from neutral to moderate in Metro Manila, up from +6 (correctly rounded) in April 2022 to +18 (correctly rounded) in June 2022. It also rose from neutral to moderate in Balance Luzon, up from net zero rating in April to +15 in June. It rose from neutral to moderate in the Visayas, up from -7 (correctly rounded) in April to +13 in June. It also rose from neutral to moderate in Mindanao, up from +5 in April to +22 in June.

Urban net satisfaction with Chief Justice Gesmundo rose from neutral to moderate, up from -3 (correctly rounded) in April 2022 to +11 in June 2022. Rural net satisfaction also improved from neutral to moderate, up from +4 in April to +23 in June.

Net satisfaction with Chief Justice Gesmundo rose from neutral to moderate among men, up from -6 in April 2022 to +17 in June 2022. It also rose from neutral to moderate among women, up from +8 in April to +16 in June.

Chief Justice Gesmundo's net satisfaction rose from neutral to moderate levels in all age groups, up from a -8 to +9 range in April 2022 to a +11 to +25 range in June 2022.

Net satisfaction with Chief Justice Gesmundo rose from neutral to moderate among non-elementary graduates, up from net zero in April 2022 to +12 in June 2022. It stayed neutral among elementary graduates, up from -7 in April to +9 in June. It rose from neutral to moderate among junior high school graduates, up from +3 in April to +18 in June. It stayed moderate among college graduates, up from +15 in April to +28 in June.

Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents

Applying census weights and correctly rounded, 14% of the respondents are from Metro Manila, 45% from Balance Luzon, 19% from the Visayas, and 23% from Mindanao [Table 10].

Fifty-three percent are from urban areas, and 47% are from rural areas.

The male:female ratio is 1:1 due to deliberate alternate sampling of men and women in the field.

By age group, 11% are youth (18-24), 18% are intermediate youth (25-34), 22% are middle-aged (35-44), 17% are 45 to 54 years old, and 31% are 55 years old and above.

By education, 12% had at most some elementary education, 28% either finished elementary or had some high school education, 31% either finished junior high school or had some vocational schooling, 19% either had some senior high school, finished senior high school, completed vocational school, or attended some college, and 11% either graduated from college or took post-graduate studies.

Survey background

The Second Quarter 2022 Social Weather Survey was conducted from June 26-29, 2022, using face-to-face interviews of 1,500 adults (18 years old and above) nationwide: 300 each in Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao, and 600 in Balance Luzon. Face-to-face is the standard interviewing method for Social Weather Stations; the only exceptions were early in the pandemic when movement restrictions made face-to-face impossible and mobile phone interviews were conducted. Normal face-to-face field operations resumed in November 2020. The sampling error margins are ±2.5% for national percentages, ±5.7% each for Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao, and ±4.0% for Balance Luzon.

The area estimates were weighted by the Philippine Statistics Authority medium-population projections for 2022 to obtain the national estimates.

The survey items reported here were non-commissioned. They were done on SWS’s own initiative and released as a public service.

The exact phrasing of the survey questions (the source language is Filipino; English translation included) was:

“Maaari po bang pakisabi ninyo kung gaano kayo nasisiyahan o hindi nasisiyahan sa pagganap ng tungkulin ni [NAME] bilang [POSITION]. Kayo ba ay lubos na nasisiyahan, medyo nasisiyahan, hindi tiyak kung nasisiyahan o hindi, medyo hindi nasisiyahan, lubos na hindi nasisiyahan, o wala pa kayong narinig o nabasa kahit na kailan tungkol kay [NAME]? [Please tell me how satisfied or dissatisfied you are with the performance of [NAME] as [POSITION]. Are you very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, undecided if satisfied or dissatisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, very dissatisfied, or you have not ever heard or read anything about [NAME]?].”

Leni Robredo, Bise-Presidente ng Pilipinas (Vice-President of the Philippines)
Vicente ''Tito'' Sotto III, Pangulo ng Senado (Senate President)
Lord Allan Velasco, Ispiker ng Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan (Speaker of the House of Representatives)
Alexander Gesmundo, Punong Mahistrado ng Korte Suprema (Chief Justice of the Supreme Court)

^{^[1]} The SWS terminology for Net Satisfaction Ratings: +70 and above, “excellent”; +50 to +69, “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”; -70 and below, “execrable”.

SWS employs its own staff for questionnaire design, sampling, fieldwork, data processing, and analysis, and does not outsource any of its survey operations. This report was prepared by Leo S. Laroza, Marvin R. Ipac, and Lloyd Villafranca (student intern).

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