Image from Rody Duterte’s Facebook account• Duterte widened his lead over rivals ahead of the elections on May 9
• The final survey conducted by SWS showed the mayor enjoying a double-digit lead
•Duterte got a score of 33%, 11 percentage points ahead of closest rival Senator Grace Poe
The results of the latest pre-election survey conducted by the Social Weather Station (SWS) on May 1 to 3 showed Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte enjoying a double-digit lead over his presidential race rivals.
The survey conducted via face-to-face interviews with 4,500 validated voters nationwide showed the tough-talking mayor way ahead of the pack. Duterte posted a rating of 33%. It remained unchanged from the preceding SWS survey conducted on April 18 to 20. This means the issues thrown at him failed to dent his popularity among the voters. The survey was taken after Senator Antonio Trillanes IV accused the mayor of not having declared at least P211 million in bank deposits.
Duterte’s closest contender, Senator Grace Poe, placed second with a score of 22%, a two-point drop from the preceding survey.
Liberal Party bet and President Benigno Aquino’s preferred successor Mar Roxas placed third with 20%.
Vice President Jejomar Binay came in fourth place with 13%. The vice president was a front runner during the early stage of the presidential race, but his popularity has eroded over allegations of graft and corruption.
Senator Miriam Santiago is fifth with a rating of 2%.
Four percent of the survey respondents were undecided. The survey has a margin of error of +/-1%.
Political analyst Ramon Casiple said: “The vote for Duterte is a protest vote, not really a Duterte vote.”
“People are showing that they are really frustrated and angry with the current administration. If nothing changes, Duterte will win; he got the imagination of the public,” he told BusinessWorld Online.
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