Rodrigo Duterte , Grace Poe and Leni Robredo. FILE PHOTOS
Sen. Grace Poe and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte shared the top spot in the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) mobile survey on the most preferred presidential candidate.
Commissioned by TV-5, the survey conducted on April 13 showed that Poe had 34 percent of voter preference while Duterte came close with 33 percent. Both presidential candidates were on a “statistical tie.”
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Administration bet Manuel “Mar” Roxas II got 16 percent while Vice President Jejomar Binay followed with 15 percent.
Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago landed on the last spot with only one percent. One percent of the respondents said they were undecided.
The survey asked, “If elections were held today, whom would you most probably vote for as President of the Philippines?”
The April 13 mobile poll had 1,200 original panel respondents. Only 676 or 56 percent responded in the poll: 181 in Metro Manila, 154 in balance Luzon, 187 in the Visayas and 154 in Mindanao.
The mobile survey had a sampling error margin of ±4 percent for national percentages, ±7 percent in Metro Manila and Visayas, and ±8 percent in Balance Luzon and Mindanao.
Meanwhile, in the vice presidential race, Camarines Sur Representative Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robredo led the race for the April 14 SWS mobile survey. Robredo got 30 percent of the voter preference.
READ: SWS survey elates Grace Poe, Leni Robredo
Erstwhile frontrunners Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos got 27 percent while Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero 26 percent.
Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano had 13 percent followed by Trillanes with 3 percent while Honasan only had 1 percent.
The survey asked, “If elections were held today, whom would you most probably vote for as Vice President of the Philippines?”
The April 14 mobile survey also had 1,200 respondents. A total of 648 or 54 percent responded: 183 in Metro Manila, 149 in Balance Luzon, 169 in Visayas and 147 in Mindanao.
This mobile survey had a sampling error margin of ±4 percent for national percentages, ±7 percent in Metro Manila, and ±8 percent in Balance Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. JE