Still, the clear frontrunner in the latest Pulse Asia survey, the former senator has a lead over her closest rival, Robredo, but his standing dropped by 13 percentage points.
The series of mammoth political rallies held by the presidential aspirants seemed to have begun reflecting on their opinion poll numbers, with some of them gaining and losing percentage points, according to Pulse Asia Research Inc.
With 56 percent of the voters predicted to go for Marcos Jr., the defeated 2016 vice-presidentiable and former Senator emerges as the clear winner.
It is interesting that Marcos Jr’s lead over his nearest rival, Leni Robredo, has shrunk by 13 points.
In February, Pulse Asia survey suggested that Marcos Jr. would pull off a landslide victory via 60% of voters predicted to choose him as Duterte’s successor. Then only 15% would go for Robredo.
In March, the numbers of both presidential candidates have gone in opposing directions, with Marcos Jr. slipping down by four points and Robredo surging up by nine points. Though the gap between the two remains huge, the shrinkage of Marcos’s lead seems to suggest Robredo is quickly catching fire.
Pulse Asia still has to release two more survey results–that is one in April, and another a week before the elections.
Robredo’s surge could be due to the improvement of her numbers in three crucial locations: one in balance Luzon where she gained 14 points (from 16% to 30%), in the Visayas, where she gained 9 % (from 19% to 28%), and in Mindanao where she leaped by 9 points (from 5% to 14%). She also made significant improvements in classes C, D, and E, where her numbers improved by 13, 10, and 9 percentage points, respectively.
Marcos Jr. slipped in all locations–2% in NCR, 4% in balance Luzon, 5% in the Visayas, and 6% in Mindanao.
His number also dropped by 4 points, 5 points, and 6 points in classes C, D, and E, respectively.
The survey, however, didn’t provide data on classes A, B, and C.
