Mon 30 Mar 2009
The Race for 2010 Elections Officially Begins
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As the much anticipated national elections here in the Philippines is fast approaching, people cant help to think of their bets, so as the Social Weather Stations.
A non-commissioned survey was held by the SWS last February 20 to 23, 2009 clearly showed a tight four-way race of the four “candidates” for president seat namely Vice President Noli de Castro, Senators Manny Villar, Loren Legarda and Francis Escudero.
The First Quarter 2009 Social Weather Survey, taken from Feb. 20 to 23, showed that De Castro is favored by 27 percent of respondents, followed closely by Villar with 26 percent, Legarda, 25 percent and Escudero, 23 percent. They were followed by Senators Mar Roxas, 15 percent; Panfilo Lacson, 14 percent and former President Joseph Estrada, 13 percent. The Social Weather Stations cleared that prior to the survey; they did not prepare a list for the respondents to select from to avoid bias.
Its true that survey results will never determine who will win the race, but it is also true that it has great effect on the mentality of people especially in choosing there bets.
