Roxas second, Poe third
AFTER the March 20 Philippine presidential debate in Cebu, The Filipino Channel’s daily newscast “Balitang America” asked its viewers in an online poll: “If the Philippine Presidential Election was held today, who would you vote for?”. The results of the poll aired on March 23 was quite a surprise. The “Dirty Harry” of the presidential slate, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte topped the list with a whopping 60 percent rating among the viewers who voted online.
Duterte has taken over former DILG Sec. Mar Roxas, who used to top Balitang America’s Isyu Ngayon online polls in the past. Roxas got 26 percent, despite being highly favored and endorsed by many Fil-Am community leaders in the United States.
Sen. Grace Poe, who got the biggest bump in the SWS survey in the Philippines after the said debate, placed fourth with only 9 percent.
Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago got 5 percent, while VP Jejomar Binay got zero vote.
SWS Survey in the Philippines
The Social Weather Station (SWS) conducted surveys in the Philippines to measure how the ratings of the candidates would be affected by the second presidential debate. here are the results:
The Bilang Pilipino SWS Mobile Survey of March 22, 2016 has the following new national scores in the Presidential race: Grace Poe 35%, Rody Duterte 26%, Jojo Binay 18%, Mar “Daang Matuwid” Roxas 17%, Miriam Defensor Santiago 2%, and undecided/others 1%.
Post-Presidential Debate effects
Of the 35% who chose Poe in March 22, 25% also voted for her in March 18, while 2% were former Binay voters, 2% were former Roxas voters, 2% were former Duterte voters, and 1% were former Santiago voters. One percent used to be undecided, while 3% did not respond to the March 18 mobile survey.
Of the 26% who chose Duterte, 19% were solid Duterte since March 18, 2% switched from Poe, 2% switched from Binay, 1% switched from Roxas, and 0.3% switched from Santiago. Less than 1% used to be undecided, while 3% did not respond to the March 18 mobile survey.
Of the 18% who chose Binay, 15% were solid Binay since March 18, 1% switched from Poe, 0.3% switched from Duterte, 0.2% switched from Santiago, and 0.1% switched from Roxas. None of them used to be undecided, while 2% did not respond to the March 18 mobile survey.
Of the 17% who chose Roxas, 14% were solid Roxas since March 18, 1% switched from Poe, 0.2% switched from Duterte, and 0.1% switched from Binay. A marginal 0.3% used to be undecided, while 2% did not respond to the March 18 mobile survey.
WILL POE CARRY THE MOMENTUM UNTIL May 9? Or will Duterte be able to overtake her lead? Can Roxas pull an upset and be voted President?
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Gel Santos Relos is the anchor of TFC’s “Balitang America.” Views and opinions expressed by the author in this column are are solely those of the author and not of Asian Journal and ABS-CBN-TFC. For comments, go to www.TheFil-AmPerspective.com, https://www.facebook.com/Gel.Santos.Relos
