Duterte, Poe statistically tied at top spot in new Pulse Asia survey

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines- Consistent frontrunner Senator Grace Poe now shares the top spot with Davao City Mayor Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte in the latest Pulse Asia survey.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwsKbIF9BBZo75RATHP_FqVmFbWoyteHCC8U-d_Mjh3CmKusLU5leDpMFho6hSgE9v4i8Jz3F_ohGTM4wu58VKgLIzFIdtXgSK6EZLrWwa5-bvzvkpL5Jr5avMuaGqpgVgs77WkV3ZkvK/s1600/duterte-poe.png" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Grace Poe are statistically tied at the top spot in latest Pulse Asia poll" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwsKbIF9BBZo75RATHP_FqVmFbWoyteHCC8U-d_Mjh3CmKusLU5leDpMFho6hSgE9v4i8Jz3F_ohGTM4wu58VKgLIzFIdtXgSK6EZLrWwa5-bvzvkpL5Jr5avMuaGqpgVgs77WkV3ZkvK/s640/duterte-poe.png" title="Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Grace Poe are statistically tied at the top spot in latest Pulse Asia poll" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Grace Poe are statistically tied at the top spot in latest Pulse Asia poll</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The ABS-CBN-commissioned survey conducted from March 8 to 13, 2016 was the first poll conducted after the Supreme Court approved Poe’s candidacy for president. Held nationwide with a sample size of 4,000, the survey yields a margin of error of +/- 1.5%.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-flG3lQ0fSY72vz-E4_fUwo-_xX9sHSXqJoY7PWzzWieDPpJHOM6IOugozRhPBfBMEP-_5P28ZthUqHOU9M8MbKfkBEbENZWYNaCq8Oz5wq3wX2iXOt1cSZthjHa7chS0EMcsi84CKB-/s1600/statistically-tied-duterte-poe.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Duterte, Poe top Pulse Asia survey" border="0" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-flG3lQ0fSY72vz-E4_fUwo-_xX9sHSXqJoY7PWzzWieDPpJHOM6IOugozRhPBfBMEP-_5P28ZthUqHOU9M8MbKfkBEbENZWYNaCq8Oz5wq3wX2iXOt1cSZthjHa7chS0EMcsi84CKB-/s640/statistically-tied-duterte-poe.jpg" title="Duterte, Poe top Pulse Asia survey" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">PHOTO CREDIT: ABS-CBN News</td></tr></tbody></table>Respondents in the poll, who were adults aged 18 and above and were registered voters with Biometrics, were asked the question: “If the coming 2016 election were held today, whom would you vote for as President of the Philippines?” The respondents were shown a sample ballot with a list of candidates as of February 15, 2016.<br /><br />The results of the poll showed that 26% of the respondents preferred Poe, while 25% chose Duterte. Not far behind the frontrunners is Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay who was picked by 22% of the respondents. Administration bet Manuel “Mar” Roxas II was preferred by 20% of the respondents while 3% picked Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. Five percent of respondents did not choose any presidential candidate.<br /><br />Compared to the poll carried out from March 1 to 6, the latest survey has a bigger sample size which had 2,600 respondents. Poe, who earned 28% of the votes in that survey, had a slight advantage over Duterte, who had 24%.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitRindUQvAPj4LeXaLL2oSUms8GNsFL3KISRI-DqJuBRHSivhMDhMU08H5R5otv-dZHodBiGTp8MT9n5iDOkpQC7ZLx5ZluS68c-bt9n0_Lb7LUMSO7FykmTcdNd6v-bHahLOyBoy1-3Io/s1600/duterte-poe-statistically-tied1.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Pulse Asia survey president" border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitRindUQvAPj4LeXaLL2oSUms8GNsFL3KISRI-DqJuBRHSivhMDhMU08H5R5otv-dZHodBiGTp8MT9n5iDOkpQC7ZLx5ZluS68c-bt9n0_Lb7LUMSO7FykmTcdNd6v-bHahLOyBoy1-3Io/s640/duterte-poe-statistically-tied1.jpg" title="Pulse Asia survey president" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">PHOTO CREDIT: ABS-CBN News</td></tr></tbody></table>Poe emerged as the top choice in the National Capital Region (NCR) and the rest of Luzon (34%). Meanwhile, Roxas remains the preferred candidate in Visayas with 36%. Duterte swept Mindanao with 46% of the votes.<br /><br />While Duterte remains the top pick of respondents coming from Class ABC, Poe was preferred by respondents coming in Class D and E. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-sJCrWeQ39tuhI1MFZ446ly_VO2RfBsnAzwQwiZ2p0oJflf85uKwpT7urOfHS-wprJRiKn32aEo1oFxYHM6aj-myosGu_TEUV194Dm8jqBXmLp8lVmW47MQZFBIs_nhusCeX37YW-m-4/s1600/duterte-poe-statistically-tied2.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Pulse Asia survey president" border="0" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-sJCrWeQ39tuhI1MFZ446ly_VO2RfBsnAzwQwiZ2p0oJflf85uKwpT7urOfHS-wprJRiKn32aEo1oFxYHM6aj-myosGu_TEUV194Dm8jqBXmLp8lVmW47MQZFBIs_nhusCeX37YW-m-4/s640/duterte-poe-statistically-tied2.jpg" title="Pulse Asia survey president" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PHOTO CREDIT: ABS-CBN News</td></tr></tbody></table><b>-Mini, The Summit Express</b></div>

Duterte, Poe statistically tied at top spot in new Pulse Asia survey

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