Metro Manila voters prefer young candidates – survey
Credit to Author: WILLIAM DEPASUPIL, TMT| Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 16:27:20 +0000
An independent survey conducted by the RP-Mission and Development Foundation Inc. (RPMDinc) showed that Mar-len Abigail Binay of Makati City, Josefina “Joy” Belmonte of Quezon City, Imelda Calixto-Rubiano of Pasay City, Lino Cayetano of Taguig City and Robert “Bobby” Eusebio of Pasig City would win if the elections were held today.
The non-commissioned survey held from March 1-10, 2019 showed that Binay, who is seeking a second term, enjoys a strong 71 percent lead against her brother, Jejomar “Junjun” Binay Jr., who posted a 27 percent rating.
The survey polled 3,500 registered voters in Metro Manila. Belmonte was the top choice for mayor in Quezon City, getting 75 percent, higher than her opponent, Rep. Vincent “Bingbong” Crisologo who got 24 percent. Former representative Chuck Mathay received only 1 percent.
In Taguig City, former congresssman Lino Cayetano, brother-law-law of incumbent Mayor Lani Cayetano, garnered 73 percent against Taguig-Pateros Rep. Arnel Cerafica, who got only 20 percent.
Eusebio was also ahead at 65 percent for the Pasig mayoral post, compared to Vico Sotto, son of Vic Sotto and Coney Reyes, who scored 27 percent. Rep. Toby Tiangco, who is running for Navotas mayor, is up by 58 percent against Dan Ang’s 24 percent, and Imelda Calixto-Rubiano, who wants to be Pasay mayor, has 67 percent as against megastar Sharon Cuneta’s brother, Chet, who got 18 percent.
In Manila, former vice mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso is leading at 42 percent.
Incumbent Mayor Joseph Estrada got 30 percent, while ex-mayor Alfredo Lim posted a voter preference of 20 percent.
Mayor Rex Gatchalian (92 percent) in Valenzuela City, Mayor Edwin Olivarez (45 percent) in Parañaque City and Mayor Lenlen Oreta (48 percent) in Malabon City also led in the poll.
Former San Juan vice mayor Francis Zamora was in a close fight with Vice Mayor Janella Estrada. Zamora leads by only 1 point with 45 percent.
In the cities of Mandaluyong, Caloocan and Muntinlupa, incumbent candidates pulled away in the poll with Mayor Carmelita Abalos (87 percent), Mayor Oscar Malapitan (90 percent) and Mayor Jaime Fresnedi (61 percent) leading in their respective rankings.
The other leading candidates for mayor in Metro Manila, based on the survey, also include Imelda Aguilar (70 percent) of Las Piñas City, Marcelino Teodoro (87 percent) of Marikina City and Miguel Ponce 3rd (57 percent) of Pateros town.
Paul Martinez of RPMDinc said the firm would continue conducting independent surveys dubbed as “Halalan 2019 NCR Survey” for the May 2019 elections.
The question asked for the mayoralty race was, “If elections for mayor are to be held today in your place, who among the following candidates will you vote for?”
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