There has been a surprising turnaround on the latest survey polls between Presidential candidates Manny Villar and NoyNoy Aquino. Reports said that Senator Manny Villar, Nacionalista Party’s bet, has diminished the lead of Benigno ”Noynoy” Aquino III, Liberal Party candidate, and unexpectedly gained the support of Northern and Central Luzon, areas known to be Noynoy’s jurisdiction.
According to The Social Weather Station (SWS), 2,100 respondents across the Philippines were asked to pick out from a list of presidential candidates who they were likely to vote for President if the polls took place on the day the survey was set. The special survey was covered from December 27-29, 2009 which was released last Friday. Aquino got 44 percent, down from 46 percent in the Dec. 5-10 national survey, according to SWS. Manny Villar stood second garnering 33 percent, up from 27 percent in the earlier surveys which was conducted from December 5 to 10.
But the biggest surprise in the survey results was that Manny Villar was the pick of the Northern Central Luzon voters, where Aquino delightfully relished a big support in the past SWS surveys. Villar earned 41.33 percent in the area according to SWS, walloping NoyNoy Aquino who managed to get 31.33 percent. Northern-Central Luzon represents 22.16 percent of the overall respondents who took the latest survey from SWS.
Noynoy conquered it over in the region when he notched 43.33 percent to Villar’s 30.67 percent in the past Dec. 5-10 SWS survey. On the other hand, the number of “undecided” respondents decreased from 4% in the Dec. 5-10 to only 1% in Dec. 27-28. The SWS survey titled ”Presidential Preference for the 2010 Elections,” had a margin of safety of plus or minus 2.2 percent. House Minority Leader San Juan Rep. Ronaldo Zamora commissioned the latest SWS survey.
