Duterte's Satisfaction Rating

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At roughly the same time in their respective terms, four other presidents earned “very good” net satisfaction ratings: Benigno Aquino III at 60 percent, Joseph Estrada also at 60 percent, and Corazon Aquino at 53 percent. Only Fidel Ramos received a higher net rating than Mr. Duterte, with 66 percent.

I find it hillarious since Ramos was elected with... 23.58%.

Well, no that I browse throught results, every Filipino President since then was elected with plularity only (Estrada: 39.86%, Macapagal-Arroyo: 39.99%, Aquino: 42.08%, Duterte: 39.01%).

It's also amusing to see disparity between same ticket presidential and vice presidential candidates results. Miriam Defensor Santiago got rather miserable 3.42%, while Bongbong only narrowly lost the VP race with 34.47%).

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My opinion of Filipinos as people has nosedived.

Yeah, that's the thing. Instead of trying to understand what makes them support Dutetre, we'll use an easy "deplorables" explanation. Except it doesn't accomplish a thing.

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At roughly the same time in their respective terms, four other presidents earned “very good” net satisfaction ratings: Benigno Aquino III at 60 percent, Joseph Estrada also at 60 percent, and Corazon Aquino at 53 percent. Only Fidel Ramos received a higher net rating than Mr. Duterte, with 66 percent.

I find it hillarious since Ramos was elected with... 23.58%.

Well, no that I browse throught results, every Filipino President since then was elected with plularity only (Estrada: 39.86%, Macapagal-Arroyo: 39.99%, Aquino: 42.08%, Duterte: 39.01%).

It's also amusing to see disparity between same ticket presidential and vice presidential candidates results. Miriam Defensor Santiago got rather miserable 3.42%, while Bongbong only narrowly lost the VP race with 34.47%).

Too sad because Defensor Santiago passed away last week due to stage 4 lung cancer. (she had cancer for 2 years)

I just realized that except of 2004 Filipinos elected President and Vice President from diffrent tickets every time since 1992.

It would be funny to see something like this in the U.S. (though it's not really unusual at statewide level).

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At roughly the same time in their respective terms, four other presidents earned “very good” net satisfaction ratings: Benigno Aquino III at 60 percent, Joseph Estrada also at 60 percent, and Corazon Aquino at 53 percent. Only Fidel Ramos received a higher net rating than Mr. Duterte, with 66 percent.

I find it hillarious since Ramos was elected with... 23.58%.

Well, no that I browse throught results, every Filipino President since then was elected with plularity only (Estrada: 39.86%, Macapagal-Arroyo: 39.99%, Aquino: 42.08%, Duterte: 39.01%).

It's also amusing to see disparity between same ticket presidential and vice presidential candidates results. Miriam Defensor Santiago got rather miserable 3.42%, while Bongbong only narrowly lost the VP race with 34.47%).

Too sad because Defensor Santiago passed away last week due to stage 4 lung cancer. (she had cancer for 2 years)

I just realized that except of 2004 Filipinos elected President and Vice President from diffrent tickets every time since 1992.

It would be funny to see something like this in the U.S. (though it's not really unusual at statewide level).

Well it happened once in the U.S., 1796

Yes, but in totally diffrent era and totally diffrent system. It would be very diffrent to see, let's say Hillary/Pence administration.

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Also, from what RGN said, pretty much every President since Ramos had high satisfaction rantings at this point in time. This is rather early.

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Look I'm Pilipino-American. I have relatives who supported Duterte throughout his campaign. My own family is totally horrified by what's happening in the Philippines. But people back home like him. Why? Because of the above reasons -- over 70 years of government by basically the same ruling class hasn't meant development for the middle and lower classes. So they'd rather have someone who's true to his word than the same-old, same-old, even if his beliefs are this terrible.

And of course, as far as the "tough-on-crime" thing is concerned, the really scary question to ask is what if it works, and there does end up being a reduction in crime? I don't think many parts of Pilipino society give a damn about how its done, as long as its done.

Instead of blindly condemning the Filipinos while feeling all good about ourselves, we should try to understand what's wrong with the state of the Philippines, which naturally helps Duterte. It's easy to dismiss the Filipinos as "deplorables" or something along these lines, but that exactly patronizing-sneering attitude of some in this thread is a part of the problem, not a solution.

And yes, when you look at any contemporary list of Filipino politicians you can see exactly the same names as in the 30s or 40s. Not a coincidence.