Friday, May 25, 2007 Pre-poll surveys had little influence on voters: SWS
PRE-election surveys affected the choice for senators of very few voters, and those who voted tended to choose the underdogs, the May 2 to 4 pre-election of the Social Weathers Stations (SWS) showed.
The survey, which had 1,200 respondents, showed that 84 percent of Filipinos were not affected by election surveys at all.
Of the 16 percent who were affected, eight percent said they would switch their votes partly towards stronger and partly towards weaker candidates, five percent said they would switch towards weaker candidates, and only three percent said they would switch towards stronger candidates.
This means three out of every 100 registered voters could be called "bandwagonners," while five out of every 100 could be called "underdoggers."
Only 48 percent said they are aware of election surveys through newspapers, radio or television, which indicated those who were running for senator.
The survey showed that underdogging is dominant among the voters, especially among the Class ABC (net -5), followed by Class D (net -2) and Class E (net -1).
The Net Bandwagon score was Net -4 for Metro Manila, Net -2 for Mindanao, Net -1 for Balance Luzon, and Net zero for Visayas. (JMR/Sunnex)
