Former President Benigno Aquino III. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/JOAN BONDOC
Former President Benigno Aquino III ended his term with a net satisfaction rating halved compared to that when he assumed office, but it was still the highest among recent chief executives, according to a survey by Social Weather Stations (SWS).
In an SWS survey conducted from June 24 to 27, Aquino got a net satisfaction rating of a 鈥渕oderate鈥� +29 (57% satisfied, 28% dissatisfied), two percentage points higher than the 鈥渕oderate鈥� +27 he received in April.
Net satisfaction rating is the difference between the percentage of satisfied and dissatisfied.
Aquino got a 鈥渧ery good鈥� +60 when in September 2010 after taking oath in June of the same year. He received his best net satisfaction rating, a 鈥渧ery good鈥� +67, in August 2012, while his worst score was recorded in March 2015, at the height of the Mamasapano operation controversy that killed 44 elite policemen.
Aquino鈥檚 final satisfaction rating was the highest among recent Philippine presidents, namely Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (鈥減oor鈥� -17), Joseph Estrada (鈥渘eutral鈥� +9), Fidel Ramos (鈥渕oderate鈥� +19), and his late mother Corazon Aquino (鈥渘eutral鈥� +17).
Conducted among 1,200 adults, the survey has a margin of error of +/- 3 points for national percentages, and +/-6 points each for Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. CDG
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