Supporters of Digong Duterte hold the Pulse Asia surveys aloft, like some sort of a political bible, the contents regarded as the gospel of political truth. Supporters of Grace Poe do the same, but this time the source of their celebration were the results of another mainstream survey entity – the SWS poll work released April 17. The reason is this: The Digong leads in the Pulse Asia surveys with consistency while Grace Poe led The Digong by a slim margin (just 1 percent) in that SWS survey.

Meanwhile, those who are just looking for clarity in the survey results are asking this question: Which survey data is closer to the truth – the Pulse Asia surveys with Duterte holding the commanding lead or the one by SWS with Poe with a very slim lead? Which survey entity has been conducting surveys with real rigor? The conflicting results are not only confusing to the ordinary voters and to the political class but to the election donors as well.

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