President Rodrigo Duterte. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/JOAN BONDOC
Sixty-three percent of Filipinos, or about 6 out of 10 respondents, believe that President Rodrigo Duterte will make good on most, if not all, of his promises, the results of Social Weather Stations (SWS) poll revealed.
The results of the June 24 to 26 SWS poll showed that 22 percent of Filipinos believe that the firebrand president could fulfill 鈥渁ll or nearly all鈥� of his promises while 41 percent said that he could fulfill 鈥渕ost鈥� of his promises.
Thirty-two percent of the respondents said that Duterte will only be able to fulfill 鈥渁 few鈥� of his promises, three percent of the respondents refused to answer while only one percent said that Duterte will fulfill 鈥渁lmost none or none鈥� of his promises.
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The optimism was highest in Mindanao at 75 percent (with 26 percent saying that Duterte will fulfill 鈥渁ll or almost all鈥� of his promises and 49 percent saying that 鈥渕ost鈥� promises will be realized), followed by 66 percent in Metro Manila (24 percent 鈥渁ll or almost all鈥� and 42 percent 鈥渕ost鈥�), 60 percent in 鈥淏alance Luzon鈥� (22 percent 鈥渁ll or almost all,鈥� 38 percent 鈥渕ost鈥�) and 54 percent in the Visayas region (18 percent 鈥渁ll or almost all,鈥� 36 percent 鈥渕ost鈥�).
Among social classes, those from Class ABC are the most optimistic that the President will make good of his promises at 69 percent (17 percent 鈥渁ll or almost,鈥� 52 percent 鈥渕ost鈥�) followed by those from Class E at 65 percent (19 percent 鈥渁ll or almost,鈥� 46 percent 鈥渕ost,鈥�) and those from Class D at 63 percent (24 percent 鈥渁ll or almost,鈥� 鈥�39 percent 鈥渕ost鈥�).
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Roughly 65 percent of women and 63 percent of men said that Duterte can fulfill most, if not all, of his promises.
The poll had 1,200 adult respondents with sampling error margins of 卤3 percent for national percentages, and 卤6 percent each for Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
Duterte, who rode to the presidency with a platform of stamping out criminality, corruption, and illegal drugs, is set to bare his legislative agenda in his first State of the Nation Address on Monday afternoon. CDG
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