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The Social Weather Stations (SWS) revealed on Thursday that President Rodrigo Duterte’s scored 75% satisfaction rating in May, June 2021 a slight dip in his November 2020 84% satisfaction rating amid the COVID-19 crisis.

In its online presentation, SWS results indicated that in May and June, his ratings were at 75% with 41% somewhat satisfied and 34% very satisfied.

Compared to his November 2020 satisfaction rating scored 84% with 51% very satisfied and 33% somewhat satisfied.

Also, in this period, 9% were undecided while 6% were dissatisfied (2% very dissatisfied and 4% somewhat dissatisfied).

Duterte’s lowest rating performance was in June 2018 with 66% satisfaction rating (32% very satisfied and 34% somewhat satisfied).

SWS also indicated the following net satisfaction rating for Duterte:

• November 2020 – +79
• May 2021 – +65
• June 2021 – +62

How did Duterte remain popular, despite the coronavirus crisis that left businesses struggling and millions jobless?

“The short answer is most people actually do not think government mismanaged the pandemic, that is what the survey results show,” said SWS fellow Geoffrey Ducanes.

The first pandemic survey was conducted over the phone, instead of the typical SWS face-to-face interviews, Ducanes said.

“Since there was a big change in the satisfaction rating before the pandemic and during the pandemic, and there was a change in methodology, there was a decision not to release it immediately,” he said.

The last SWS pre-pandemic survey in December 2019 found Duterte’s satisfaction rating at +72.