VP Sara Duterte’s Net Satisfaction Rating Rises in Latest SWS Survey

By Social Weather Station

The national Social Weather Survey of November 24-30, 2025, the most recent quarterly national survey finalized by SWS, found 54% satisfied and 26% dissatisfied with the performance of Vice-President Sara Duterte, 46% satisfied and 30% dissatisfied with Senate President Vicente ''Tito'' Sotto III, 33% satisfied and 28% dissatisfied with Speaker Faustino ''Bojie'' Dy III, and 36% satisfied and 27% dissatisfied with Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo [Table 1].

The resulting net satisfaction ratings (% satisfied minus % dissatisfied) were moderate^[1] +28 for Vice-President Duterte, moderate +16 for Senate President Sotto, neutral +5 for Speaker Dy, and neutral +9 for Chief Justice Gesmundo.

Compared to September 2025, net satisfaction rose by 6 points from moderate +22 for Vice-President Duterte. It hardly changed from moderate +17 for Senate President Sotto, while it rose slightly by 3 points from neutral +2 for Speaker Dy. It stayed at neutral +9 for Chief Justice Gesmundo, following a decline from moderate +20 in June 2025.

Net satisfaction with Vice-President Duterte at +28

Net satisfaction with Vice-President Duterte rises in the Visayas and Balance Luzon. The Vice-President’s net satisfaction rating stayed highest in Mindanao at excellent +70, followed by the Visayas at good +41, Balance Luzon at neutral +9, and Metro Manila at neutral net zero [Chart 1, Tables 2 and 3].

Compared to September 2025, net satisfaction with Vice-President Duterte rose by 10 points from neutral -1 in Balance Luzon, and by 9 points from good +32 in the Visayas. It fell slightly by 3 points from neutral +3 in Metro Manila, while it barely moved from very good +69 in Mindanao.

Up in urban areas. Compared to September 2025, net satisfaction with Vice-President Duterte stayed moderate in urban areas, up by 11 points from +10 to + +21. It stayed good in rural areas, up by 3 points from +32 to +35.

Up among both women and men. Vice-President Duterte’s net satisfaction rating rose from moderate to good among women, up by 6 points from +29 in September 2025 to +35 in November 2025. It stayed moderate among men, although up by 6 points from +15 to +21.

Up among the 18-24-year-olds and the 45-54-year-olds. Compared to September 2025, Vice-President Duterte’s net satisfaction rating rose by 32 points from moderate +17 to good +49 among the 18-24-year-olds, and by 10 points from moderate +19 to moderate +29 among the 45-54-year-olds. It rose slightly by 4 points from good +38 to good +42 among the 35-44-year-olds, and by 3 points from neutral -2 to neutral +1 among those 55 years old and above. However, it fell by 6 points from very good +52 to good +46 among the 25-34-year-olds [Table 4].

Up in all education levels except among junior high school graduates. Vice-President Duterte’s net satisfaction rating rose by 16 points from moderate +15 in September 2025 to good +31 in November 2025 among those with some senior high school, by 8 points from good +34 to good +42 among non-elementary graduates, by 8 points from moderate +10 to moderate +18 among college graduates, and by 7 points from moderate +20 to moderate +27 among elementary graduates. However, it fell slightly from good +30 to moderate +26 among junior high school graduates.

Net satisfaction with Senate President Sotto at +16

Net satisfaction with Senate President Sotto falls in Metro Manila. As of November 2025, Senate President Sotto’s net satisfaction rating was highest in Balance Luzon at moderate +26, followed by the Visayas at moderate +17, Mindanao at neutral +5, and Metro Manila at neutral +4.

Compared to September 2025, net satisfaction with Senate President Sotto hardly changed from moderate +23 in Balance Luzon and neutral +6 in Mindanao, while it stayed at moderate +17 in the Visayas. However, it fell by 13 points from moderate +17 in Metro Manila [Chart 2, Tables 5 and 6].

Up in rural areas, but down in urban areas. Compared to September 2025, net satisfaction with Senate President Sotto stayed moderate in rural areas, up by 10 points from +18 to +28. However, it fell from moderate to neutral in rural areas, down by 10 points from +16 to +6.

Moderate among both women and men. Compared to September 2025, Senate President Sotto’s net satisfaction rating stayed moderate among both women and men, hardly moving from +20 to +21, and from +14 to +12, respectively.

Up among the 18-24-year-olds. Compared to September 2025, net satisfaction with Senate President Sotto rose from neutral to moderate among the 18-24-year-olds, up by 18 points from +5 to +23. On the other hand, it stayed moderate for all other age groups: from +16 to +13 among the 25-34-year-olds, from +14 to +11 among the 35-44-year-olds, from +18 to +20 among the 45-54-year-olds, and from +24 to +18 among those 55 and older [Table 7].

Up among college graduates. Senate President Sotto's net satisfaction rating rose from poor to moderate among college graduates, up by 26 points from -10 in September 2025 to +16 in November 2025. However, it fell from good to moderate among non-elementary graduates, down by 12 points from +37 to +25. It stayed moderate among elementary graduates, although down by 7 points from +29 to +22, and among junior high school graduates, hardly moving from +18 to +15. It stayed neutral among those with some senior high school, hardly changing from +4 to +7.

Net satisfaction with Speaker Dy at +5

Net satisfaction with Speaker Dy rises in Balance Luzon. As of November 2025, net satisfaction with Speaker Dy was highest in Balance Luzon at moderate +12, followed by neutral levels in Mindanao at +2, the Visayas at -2, and Metro Manila at -7 [Chart 3, Tables 8 and 9].

Compared to September 2025, net satisfaction with Speaker Dy rose by 9 points from neutral +3 in Balance Luzon. It stayed neutral but fell slightly from -3 in Metro Manila and from +5 in the Visayas, while it stayed at neutral +2 in Mindanao.

Up in rural areas, down slightly in urban areas. Compared to September 2025, net satisfaction with Speaker Dy rose from neutral to moderate in rural areas, up by 10 points from +3 to +13. It stayed neutral in urban areas, although down by 5 points from +1 to -4.

Neutral among both women and men. Compared to September 2025, net satisfaction with Speaker Dy stayed neutral among women, up by 5 points from +2 to +7, and among men, barely moving from +2 to +3.

Up among the 18-24-year-olds. Speaker Dy's net satisfaction rating rose from neutral to moderate among the 18-24-year-olds, up by 14 points from +2 to +16. It stayed neutral for the other age groups: it hardly changed from +5 to +4 among the 25-34-year-olds, it stayed at +6 among the 35-44-year-olds, it barely moved from +6 to +7 among the 45-54-year-olds, and it rose by 5 points from -5 to net zero among those 55 years old and above [Table 10].

Single-digit changes in all education levels. Compared to September 2025, net satisfaction with Speaker Dy stayed at moderate +10 among non-elementary graduates, while it rose from neutral to moderate among elementary graduates, up by 8 points from +7 to +15. It stayed neutral among those with some senior high school, up by 6 points from -5 to +1. It also stayed neutral among junior high school graduates, hardly moving from +1 to +2, and among college graduates, although down by 8 points from +2 to -6.

Net satisfaction with Chief Justice Gesmundo at +9

Net satisfaction with Chief Justice Gesmundo rises slightly in Balance Luzon, but falls in Metro Manila and the Visayas. As of November 2025, Chief Justice Gesmundo's net satisfaction rating was highest in Balance Luzon and the Visayas, both at moderate +10, followed by Mindanao at neutral +8, and Metro Manila at neutral +3 [Chart 4, Tables 11 and 12].

Compared to September 2025, net satisfaction with Chief Justice Gesmundo rose slightly by 4 points from neutral +6 in Balance Luzon. However, it fell by 13 points from moderate +16 in Metro Manila, and by 5 points from moderate +15 in the Visayas. It barely moved from neutral +7 in Mindanao.

Moderate in rural areas, neutral in urban areas. Compared to September 2025, net satisfaction with Chief Justice Gesmundo stayed moderate in rural areas, hardly changing from +11 to +13. It stayed neutral in urban areas, barely moving from +7 to +4.

Moderate among men, neutral among women. Chief Justice Gesmundo’s net satisfaction rating stayed at moderate +12 among men, while it stayed neutral among women, hardly changing from +6 to +5.

Moderate among the 45-54-year-olds, neutral among other age groups. Compared to September 2025, net satisfaction with Chief Justice Gesmundo stayed moderate among the 45-54-year-olds, up slightly from +11 to +14. It stayed neutral among the 18-24-year-olds, up by 6 points from +3 to +9, and among those 55 years old and above, up slightly from +6 to +9. However, it fell from moderate to neutral among the 25-34-year-olds, down by 9 points from +11 to +2, and among the 35-44-year-olds, down by 4 points from +13 to +9 [Table 13].

Up among college graduates. Compared to September 2025, net satisfaction with Chief Justice Gesmundo rose from neutral to moderate among college graduates, up by 10 points from net zero to +10. It stayed moderate among non-elementary graduates, hardly moving from +17 to +19, while it stayed neutral among those with some senior high school, hardly moving from +2 to +4. It stayed moderate among junior high school graduates, barely moving from +13 to +11. However, it fell from moderate to neutral among elementary graduates, down by 7 points from +12 to +5.

Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents

Applying census weights and correctly rounded, 13% of the respondents are from Metro Manila, 45% from Balance Luzon (or Luzon outside Metro Manila), 19% from the Visayas, and 23% from Mindanao [Table 14].

Fifty percent are from urban areas, and 50% are from rural areas.

Male and female respondents have a 1-to-1 ratio and, thus, are alternately sampled.

By age group, 11% are youth (18-24), 20% are intermediate youth (25-34), 20% are middle-aged (35-44), 16% are 45 to 54 years old, and 33% are 55 years old and above.

By education, 10% had at most some elementary education, 27% either finished elementary or had some high school education, 30% either finished junior high school or completed vocational school, 22% either attended some senior high school, completed senior high school or vocational, or attended some college, and 11% either graduated from college or took post-graduate studies.

Survey background

The Fourth Quarter 2025 Social Weather Survey was conducted from November 24 to 30, 2025, using face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults (18 years old and above) nationwide: 300 each in Metro Manila, Balance Luzon (or Luzon outside Metro Manila), the Visayas, and Mindanao. The sampling error margins are ±3% for national percentages and ±6% each for Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao.

The area estimates were weighted by the Philippine Statistics Authority medium-population projections for 2025 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]?].”

Sara Duterte, Bise-Presidente ng Pilipinas (Vice-President of the Philippines)
Vicente ''Tito'' Sotto III, Pangulo ng Senado (Senate President)
Faustino ''Bojie'' Dy III, 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)

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.

^[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”.

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