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Results of a Sept. 8-15 survey on Filipinos’ presidential preferences for 2016 showed Mr. Binay still the top contender for the presidency, obtaining a plurality at 31%, although down by 10 points from his rating in the same survey of June 24-July 2.
“If the May 2016 elections were held during the survey period, 31% of Filipinos would vote for Vice-President Jejomar C. Binay as president. This overall voter preference puts the Vice-President ahead of 14 other personalities whose presidential chances in May 2016 are probed in this survey,” the report said.
Pulse Asia said Mr. Binay obtained the highest drop of support in Metro Manila -- 33% from 44% -- and the Visayas: 27% from 37%. His rating among those in Class ABC also dropped to 23% from 36%. He also lost 10 points and seven points, respectively, among those in Class D or the “masa” and among those in Class E.
Interior Secretary Manuel A. Roxas II, the presumed Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer in 2016, came in second with 13% saying they will vote for him as president if elections were held today.
Mr. Roxas’ ratings improved by six points from the 7% he got in the previous survey.
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago came in third with 11% (from 7%). Senator Grace Poe-Llamanzares (from 11%) and former president, now Manila Mayor Joseph E. Estrada (from 9%) were tied at fourth place, each with 10%.
Other potential presidential candidates in the survey are Senator Francis Joseph G. Escudero with 5%, Senator Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. with 4%, former vice-president Noli de Castro with 3%, former senator Richard J. Gordon with 2%, and former senator, now rehabilitation czar Panfilo M. Lacson with 1%.
Presidential Spokesman Edwin S. Lacierda in a note to reporters said “we will beg your indulgence and leave the analysis of the survey to the political parties, their spokespersons and to political analysts.”
Sought for comment, political analyst Ramon C. Casiple said in a text message the “Binay charges [are] not enough to bring him to [the] danger zone.”
The same Pulse Asia survey showed Ms. Poe-Llamanzares remaining to be the top choice for the vice-presidency in 2016 with 31% (from 26%) of the votes, followed by Mr. Escudero with 19% (from 22%), Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano with 9% (from 14%), Senator Antonio F. Trillanes IV with 7% (from 6%) and Mr. Marcos with 6% (from 8%).
The survey period covered, among other issues, the ongoing Senate investigation into the allegedly overpriced Makati City Hall Building II; Albay Governor Joey S. Salceda’s suggestion for Mr. Binay’s impeachment; the thwarted impeachment complaints against President Benigno S. C. Aquino III; the President’s request for emergency powers; the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law; the congestion of Manila’s ports; rising criminality; and calls for the resignation of Philippine National Police (PNP) Director-General Alan L.M. Purisima.
The survey involved face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adult Filipinos nationwide. It has a +/-3% error margin at the 95% confidence level and +/- 6% error margin for subnational estimates at 95% confidence level.
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