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ADOBO CHRONICLES’ READERS HAVE SPOKEN: DUTERTE FOR PRESIDENT!

September 30, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Yesterday, we reported that according to a soon-to-be-released national poll by the Social Weather Networks (SWS), there is a four-way tie among declared and potential 2016 presidential candidates Grace Poe, Mar Roxas, Jojo Binay and Rodrigo Duterte.

To confirm the poll results, we conducted our own informal survey among our readers.

Lo and behold, we have a significantly different result.

Duterte, the candidate that has not officially declared his presidential bid, topped our survey with an overhwelming 48% of the votes — 26 (22%) and 29 (19%) points ahead of Roxas and Poe, respectively. Vice President was dead last at 11%.

With a margin of error of plus or minus 3%, Roxas and Poe are in a statistical tie.

Will Duterte now change his mind and finally declare his run for the presidency?

Stay tuned!

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NEW POLL SHOWS A STATISTICAL FOUR-WAY TIE AMONG CANDIDATES FOR PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT

September 29, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

The 'presidentiables' : Roxas, Poe, Binay and Duterte — The ‘presidentiables’ : Roxas, Poe, Binay and Duterte

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles®) – It is unprecedented in the history of the Philippines, and perhaps even in the world: a population and electorate divided equally four ways.

We are referring to a new national poll soon to be released by the Social Weather Systems (SWS), the Philippines’ leading pollster and research firm.

In a survey of likely Filipino voters in the upcoming 2016 presidential elections, the leading candidates each garnered an approval rating of 25% of all respondents, with no room for a margin of error.

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Of the four candidates included in the poll, three — Senator Grace Poe, Vice President Jojo Binay and former Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas — have officially declared their candidacy for president, while one, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, is yet to declare (although he has repeatedly denied that he intends to run).

However, in a separate scenario where only the three declared candidates will vie for the presidency, each received 33%, with 1% of respondents still undecided.

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In either scenario, it is a statistical tie, paving the way for the most interesting and hotly-contested Philippine presidential elections ever.

In order to confirm the SWS poll, The Adobo Chronicles is conducting its independent survey among our readers. Please participate below:

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REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DROP OUT EN MASSE, LEAVING DONALD TRUMP AND CARLY FIORINA

September 21, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

150916234322-03-trump-fiorina-split-debate-0916-exlarge-169 WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles®) – Apparently, it is not only Scott Walker who is dropping out of the Republican presidential race; all 34 of the remaining 36 declared candidates are quitting, en masse.

The first to drop out from the contest last month was Rick Perry, followed by an announcement today that Walker is also stepping down.

But after the continued surge in the polls by frontrunner Donald Trump and the impressive showing by Carly Fiorina in last week’s CNN debate, all the others are throwing in the towel.

Between Trump and Fiorina, the Republicans are confident that their standard bearer in the general elections will have a good shot at The White House, either against Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton.

The GOP says that the ideal match would be between Trump and Sanders, because of common hair-raising issues; or between Fiorina and Clinton who are both women.

So now, the focus has shifted to the Democratic race.