Reading the survey findings FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 03/30/2010

Reading the survey findings

FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 03/30/2010 With the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) presidential polls findings out, different spins are being spun by the bets’ spokesmen. Edwin Lacierda, Noynoy Aquino’s spokesman, came up to state that they are elated at the widening lead of his client, adding that the strategy to improve Aquino’s rating in areas where he is weak is working since the people are responding well, saying that they will be working to increase Aquino’s lead further. That’s not quite what the survey findings say because the only reason Aquino widened his lead over Manny Villar, the Nacionalista Party (NP) bet, is that Villar dropped by six points and not because Aquino’s claimed strategy is working, since the Liberal Party (LP) standard bearer’s ratings, in a sense, are stationary, gaining only one point, which is hardly anything to crow about, given the error margins.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100330com2.html

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