Whatever changing of voting preferences will happen, it will be because of TV, and not because of discussions and debates online where we just talk with our like-minded echo chambers

People I interviewed say something is better than nothing, and further, the pandemic is a global problem, so we should not be blaming Duterte for this. I noticed a lot of empathy for the President, viewed as a fatherly figure.

In the days to come, we should expect more polls to be reported so I thought it would be best to discuss more closely the Philippines’ survey scene. In this first of a three-part series, I describe the science behind sample surveys.