Vice Presidential candidate Sen. Bongbong Marcos and Sen. Chiz Escudero were tied at the No. 1 spot in the latest Social Weather Station and Businessworld Survey for Vice President, a few months before the official May 2016 national elections.
Consistent topnotcher Sen. Chiz Escudero was challenged by Sen. Bongbong Marcos as they were tied with 26 percent of the 1,200 respondents favored them to be the next Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines. \
Based upon the latest survey of Businessworld and SWS for the month of February, the two senators were tied at the No. 1 spot while Rep. Leni Robredo came in second place with 19 percent.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s running mate Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano is now at third place with 16 percent while Sen. Gringo Honasan got 6 percent and Sen. Antonio Trillanes ranked at the last spot with 5 percent, the SWS also noted that the remaining 2 percent of the respondents were still undecided.
The BW-SWS pre-election survey was conducted from February 5 to 7, days before the candidates officially launched their campaigns.
According to the report, the respondents were 1,200 validated voters nationwide. They were asked: “Kung ang eleksyon ay gaganapin ngayon, sino ang pinakamalamang ninyong iboboto bilang Presidente, Bise-Presidente, at mga Senador ng Pilipinas? Narito ang listahan ng mga kandidato” and were provided with an alphabetical list of candidates as practiced by the Comelec.
