Binay says he is lone gainer in latest SWS survey

VICE President Jejomar Binay said he may have landed second place in the latest Social Weather Stations survey but at least he didn’t shed the biggest points among the presidential contenders.

In an interview after his campaign rally in Barangay Bagong Silang in Caloocan City on Monday, Binay denied that he is the biggest loser in the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey first published in BusinessWorld.
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When asked for his reaction that he only placed second with Sen. Grace Poe while Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is leading, Binay said he views this new development differently.

He said he was the only one who gained while his rivals saw their ratings go down in the latest survey.

“Yan ang simplified question. Kasi hindi mo sinasabi na bumaba na si Duterte, four points. Ako, I am consistent. Pinakatamang survey, pero ito for the sake of discussion, itong sa SWS na ito, si Duterte bumaba ng 4 points. 27 na lang siya. Lalo naman si Grace Poe, 11 points. Baka hindi mo tiningnan ‘yon, 11 points. Si Jojo Binay, tumaas ng 4 points. Pareho na kaming 20-something,” Binay said.

“Ito, hindi malayo na history will repeat itself. Ito na ‘yon, pataas na ako ng pataas,” he added.

Binay made the statement after Duterte led the latest Social Weather Stations survey conducted March 30 to April 2 with 27 percent of 1,500 respondents choosing the Davao City mayor as the next president.

Meanwhile, previous survey frontrunner Poe found herself in a statistical tie with Binay at 23 percent and 20 percent, respectively. The survey has a margin of error of plus minus three percentage points.

Administration standard-bearer Mar Roxas garnered 18 percent, while Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago placed last at three percent.

Duterte’s rating increased by four percentage points from 23 percent in the previous March 8-11 survey. But Duterte’s rating was down four points from 31 percent in the March 30 Bilang Pilipino-SWS Mobile Survey.

Poe’s ratings went down six points from 29 percent in the March 8-11 survey, and also decreased by 11 points from her 34 percent in the mobile survey.

Binay’s ratings went down two points from his 22 percent score in the previous survey, but it went up three points from 17 percent in the mobile survey.

Roxas’ score was almost unchanged, from his 18 percent score in the previous survey and 19 percent in the mobile survey.

Santiago’s rating remained unchanged at three percent in the previous survey, but was up from one percent in the mobile survey.