Presidential candidate Sen. Miriam Santiago (right) and vice-presidential candidate Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (left), the son of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, gesture to supporters during a campaign rally in Batac, Ilocos Norte, Tuesday, at the start of the campaign for the May 10 national elections.(MNS photo)
MANILA (Mabuhay) – Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos has taken the sole lead in the Social Weather Station’s (SWS) latest voters’ preference survey for vice president.
Marcos got 26 percent in the latest survey conducted from March 30 to April 2.
The survey, which had sampling error margins of ±3 points, was conducted through face-to-face interviews with 1,500 adults.
Business World, which published the SWS survey, said 1,377 of the respondents are validates voters.
Marcos gained a one-percent increase from SWS’ March 8 to 11 survey, where he got 25 percent.
Sen. Francis Escudero fell to second place with 21 percent. He lost seven percentage points compared to the March 8 to 11 survey.
Escudero was statistically tied with Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo who got 19 percent, which is 6 percent lower compared to her score in the previous survey.
Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, meanwhile, got 13 percent, gaining one-percentage point from the March 8 to 11 survey.
Sen. Gregorio Honasan and Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV both got five percent.
Honasan had four percent and Trillanes got five percent in the previous survey.
The six candidates faced off in the first and only vice presidential leg of the Commission on Elections-initiated PiliPinas Debates 2016 held at the University of Santo Tomas on Sunday.
In a Facebook survey conducted by GMA News during the debate, Marcos was chosen by by more than half of the 40,158 respondents as of 11:47 p.m. Sunday as the candidate who was able able adequately answer all questions thrown at him.
Cayetano was chosen by 30 percent of the respondents while Robredo was chosen by 12 percent.
Escudero got 4 percent followed by Honasan with 2 percent and Trillanes with 1 percent. (MNS)