- Duterte jumps 4 points up to share the 2nd spot with Poe in latest SWS survey
- Vice President Binay slips by 2 points but maintains lead
- Liberal Party bet Mar Roxas slides down to fourth place behind Duterte
MANILA, Philippines – Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has overtaken administration and Liberal Party (LP) bet Mar Roxas in the latest Business World – Social Weather Station (SWS) survey conducted from February 5 to 7.
The result, which was published on Business World Online on Monday, February 15, showed Duterte gaining 4 points from last month’s survey to share the second spot with Senator Grace Poe.
Duterte and Poe both got 24% of the votes from the respondents, but the Davao City mayor’s number was a significant increase from last month’s 20%, while Poe’s rating remains unchanged.
In the meantime, opposition bet Vice President Jejomar Binay maintain his lead with 29%, slipping 2 points from January’s 31%.
On the other hand, Roxas dropped to fourth place with 18%, down by 3 points from last survey’s 21%.
Miriam Defensor-Santiago was at the bottom of the list with 4%. Her numbers are practically unchanged since June last year despite her running-mate Senator Bongbong Marcos showing a steady climb in pre-election polls over the past months.
The survey was conducted at the height of the Supreme Court deliberation over Commission on Election’s (Comelec) ruling on Poe’s disqualification cases.
It was also during the same period that the Senate Blue Ribbon subcommittee recommended the filing of plunder charges against VP Binay and his son, dismissed Makati City Mayor Junjun Binay, over allegations of corruption in the ‘overpriced’ Makati parking building.
Explaining to Business World the fluctuating trend in pre-election surveys that is expected in the coming months leading to the election day, University of Santo Tomas (UST) political science professor Edmund S. Tayao said the race to Malacañang is getting “tighter” while the voters are “still trying to figure out who to vote for.”
“The presidential race remains neck and neck. It seems that the voter preference remains unstable….Respondents are looking for something to convince them to vote for a particular candidate,” Tayao told Business World.
The survey was conducted among 1,200 respondents nationwide with a sampling margin of error of +/- 3 %.
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