Duterte jumps to no. 2 in Pulse Asia-ABS CBN poll, Poe remains on top
By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.
Presidential bet Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte jumped to second spot in the latest Pulse Asia Presidential Survey commissioned by television giant ABS-CBN.
Released yesterday, the Pulse Asia-ABS CBN survey conducted from March 1 to 6, 2016 saw Duterte gain three percent from his previous 21 percent in the March 4 results to 24 percent on the March 1-6 poll. Sen. Grace Poe also gained 2 percent to go up from 26 to 28 percent.
Sharing statistical third place are Vice President Jejomar Binay with 21 percent, and administration candidate Mar Roxas with 20 percent. Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago received 3 percent while five percent expressed non-support for any presidential candidate.
Duterte’s campaign manager Leoncio Evasco said the results of the Pulse Asia survey that placed the candidate from Mindanao second only to Poe is proof that more and more Filipinos are becoming convinced his political agenda.
“This proves our claim that Duterte is gradually but surely making ground and converting adherents,” Evasco said in a statement.
He said the current standing of Duterte, according to Evasco, is a good sign for the mayor’s bid for the presidency.
“We are comfortable where we are at this stage of the campaign period,” he said.
Evasco said among the candidates for president, it is only Duterte who has vision, competence, track record, compassion, and heart for the people and the country.
“People are now choosing him because they want to have a better life,” Evasco said.
He said he believe that people are now realizing that it is only through the political agenda of Duterte whose style of leadership is centered on addressing the needs of the people and the issues concerning them that the country will be able to truly experience meaningful and real change.
“Enough of our aspirations for a better life. This is the time for us to live a better life,” Evasco said.
The Pulse Asia-ABS CBN Survey explained that Duterte dominated the Mindanao sector where he garnered 47 percent in the island region.
Duterte also finished as one of the top three picks for president in Metro Manila in a tie with Binay with 23 percent along with Poe who got 30 percent for the top spot.
Meanwhile, in Classes A,B and C , Duterte gained top spot with 30 percent, followed by Binay with 21 percent, Poe and Roxas got 17 percent.
Poe, however, was top choice for president in the Basic Luzon area with 36 percent while Roxas leads in the Visayas with 37 percent.
The latest survey result which used face to face interviews, has 2,600 respondents who are registered voters with biometrics, ages 18 years old and above.
METHODOLOGY
It said the Pulse Asia Research’s nationwide survey has a ± 1.9 percent margin of error margin at the 95 percent confidence level. Subnational estimates for the geographic areas covered in the survey have the following error margins at 95% confidence level: ± 5.7 percent for Metro Manila, ± 2.9 percent for the rest of Luzon and ± 4.2 percent for Visayas and ± 3.9 percent for Mindanao.
In the previous independent Pulse Asia Survey which was conducted from February 15 to 20 which also used face to face interviews, there were only 1,800 respondents who are also registered voters.
The previous survey has a ± 2 percent margin of error at the 95 percent confidence level. Subnational estimates for the geographic areas covered in the survey have the following error margins at 95 percent confidence level: ± 6 percent for Metro Manila, ± 3 percent for the rest of Luzon and ± 5% for each of Visayas and Mindanao.
