Poll: Binay is More Popular than Ebola

It looks like the fallacious way of Vice Pres. Jejomar Binay’s opponents to sabotage his dream to become the next president backfires when Pulse Masa releases the result of the latest survey on the Vice President’s popularity. Pulse Masa, a non-profit non-government organization that collect’s people’s opinion in unbiased way, reveals that the vice president’s popularity is on the highest level, and even more popular than the notorious Ebola virus.

“If Senators continue to bring the alleged Binay mansion issue into public awareness, it will only help his popularity climb. People now are different from 5 to 10 years ago. Majority of Filipinos analyzes what they saw on television before making their own decisions that’s why the result of our poll turned positive in Binay’s favor”, Pulse Masa director and political analyst Enrique Miranda told reporters during an ambush press conference at Tagaytay Highlands yesterday.

The poll was conducted through telephone interview of 4,500 respondents mostly from South Luzon, Visayas, and Northern and Central Mindanao regions. When asked why the organization selected specific regions, Miranda said that people in Metro Manila and some parts of Northern Luzon are not reliable enough to join the survey as their knowledge about the whole country is limited compared to people from provinces outside the capital.

The survey was participated by working middle class people, and a small percentage from upper-class community.

In a detailed email from Pulse Masa, the report says the organization did not include any respondent from lower class people whom most are not paying taxes. “People who pay taxes and working 8 to 5 every day the only ones who were given opportunity to join the poll. People from lower class who does not pay taxes are always the same people who join in every rally because they are easy to convince and are vulnerable to propaganda regardless of the cause. The organization could not count on them. Most of these people are found in Metro Manila so we decided not to include that region”, the report says.

All 4,500 respondents have access to Internet and are aware of the major problem that US and other South African Countries are facing with Ebola virus.When asked who or which is popular among the list, Binay tops with the score of 61.5% followed by Ebola Virus with 21.7%, Pres. Aquino with a disturbing 11.2%, Sen. Trillanes with 3.3% and Sec Mar Roxas with 2.3%.  A different question on the same poll also reveals that  Binay is holding a wide margin of 26% over Mar Roxas in presidential race.

The organization tried to reach 500 more people from the slumps of Manila but decided to cancel the plan, and was contended with the original 4,500 respondents, when the first 50 people thought Trillanes, Roxas, and Evola Virus are all the same. “You can’t blame people if they are not aware about the thing. All you have to do is to educate them but we don’t have time for that. It is the role of the government to make them aware”, the report says.

All major national newspapers was scheduled to print the official poll result but sources said a PRO representative from Binay’s opponent blocked the report, citing concerns that newspapers could reach the people without Internet access and could cause more problems.

/Virginia Dogoen/ Assisted Press Batangas

Pulse Masa is a non-profit, non-government organization that specializes in voicing-out people’s opinions in unbiased way. Pulse Masa headquarters is located at Napayong Island  in the heart of Taal lake, Batangas.

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