3 in 4 voters to shun ‘corrupt’ Senate bets
Credit to Author: CATHERINE S. VALENTE, TMT| Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:45:23 +0000
Filipino voters will support a candidate for the Senate who is not corrupt and has concern for the poor, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released on Saturday.
The survey, held from Dec. 16 to 19, 2018, showed that 25 percent of the 1,440 respondents listed “will not be corrupt” as among the qualities they were looking for in aspiring senators.
This was followed by candidates who “have concern for the poor” (22 percent), have “good personal characteristics” (21 percent), are “trustworthy” (21 percent) and are “concerned about or helpful to those in need” (20 percent).
The respondents’ favored candidate also “walks his talk/fulfills promises” with 14 percent; “can give solutions to the problems of the country” with 9 percent; is “approachable,” 7 percent; “has good leadership qualities,” 6 percent; “knows how to listen and confer with other people,” 5 percent; “has faith in God,” 5 percent; “has political will”, 3 percent; and is “educated/intelligent/bright,” 3 percent.
In Metro Manila, voters said they would support candidates who are “trustworthy” (28 percent), “will not be corrupt” (25 percent) and who “helps/has concern for the poor” (23 percent).
In Balance Luzon, the respondents said their pick “will not be corrupt” (26 percent), is “trustworthy” (22 percent), “helps/has concern for the poor” (21 percent) and “has good personal characteristics” (20 percent).
Those polled in Visayas also said they want candidates who are not corrupt and who have concern for the poor.
In Mindanao, most of those polled said they would vote for candidates with “good personal characteristics” (29 percent) and those who have concern to those in need (26 percent).
The survey also showed that candidates will get the vote of respondents from urban areas if the former “will not be corrupt” (27 percent) and are “trustworthy” (26 percent ).
Among rural dwellers, candidates with “good personal characteristics” are the most preferred (25 percent), followed by those who “will not be corrupt” (24 percent) and “helps/has concern for the poor” (22 percent).
The SWS survey, commissioned by private think tank Stratbase ADR Institute, had sampling error margins, at 95 percent confidence level, of ±2.6 percent for national percentages, and ±5 percent each for Balance Luzon, Metro Manila, the Visayas and Mindanao.
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