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MEDIUM RARE The biggest voter turnout, 88 percent. Fastest vote count. By 6:30 p.m. on May 10, a total of 98 percent of votes counted, unofficially. More peaceful, with fewer election-related crimes reported than in previous exercises. The biggest margin won by a presidential candidate, making
Senatorial candidate and actor Robin Padilla (File photo) MANILA - Actor Robin Padilla topping this year's senatorial race came as a surprise, a political analyst said Tuesday. During the "Hatol ng Bayan 2022" program aired on state-run PTV-4, OCTA Research fellow Ranjit Rye said they could not tell the exact reason why Padilla managed to be the top choice among senatorial candidates. "Mahirap. Pinag-aaralan din namin kasi sa aming survey, hindi ho siya ang lumabas na (It's difficult to say. We are still studying because based on our pre-election surveys, he did not emer...
(File photo) MANILA - It is "bad" to depend on the candidates' winnability on the crowd estimates at their campaign rallies, a political analyst said Tuesday. This, after campaign sorties of candidates for the May 9 national and local elections have attracted a mammoth crowd amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. OCTA Research fellow Ranjit Rye, who is also a political science professor at the University of the Philippines, said the pre-election surveys are more "reliable" and "accurate," when it comes to projecting the outcomes of this year...
(NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) University of the Philippines (UP) Political Science professor Ranjit Rye said the unofficial count of votes mirrored the results of pre-election surveys. “So far sa tingin ko, based on the partial and unofficial results na nakikita natin, tama yung mga
COVID-19 cases in the National Capital Region (NCR) may reach up to 1,000 a day should there be an increase in infections after the May 9 elections, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said Thursday.