Election miracles, nightmares and realities

MANY people have always doubted pre-election surveys. There is that lingering doubt about how a few thousand people can truly represent the sentiments of the entire Filipino electorate. Indeed, while there is a science behind surveys, it is easy to undermine this when fly-by-night, non-randomized surveys are conducted.

However, it is an entirely different matter when all surveys from the internet online to the people on the street surveys and from surveys using purposive sampling like that of Publicus Asia to one that used a randomized sample like the one conducted by Pulse Asia all point to one result. All surveys, regardless of sample size and methodology, point to the undeniable conclusion that the 2022 elections for president will be a lopsided blowout with former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on the way to becoming the first majority president since martial law as he sends his opponents to eat dust.