Manny Villar’s ratings are plummeting

Noynoy Aquino still tops Presidential surveys

Noynoy Aquino, the Liberal party standard bearer, continues to lead the presidential surveys. In the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, Aquino surpassed his closest political rival by 27%, garnering 47% of the total preference choices of 1,200 respondents last November 4 to 8.

Manny Villar of the Nacionalista Party got 20%, while Senator Chiz Escudero and Joseph Estrada each got 12% percent of respondents. Lakas-Kampi CMD bet Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro “improved” his ratings, getting 3 percent. While Bangon Pilipinas standard bearer Eddie Villanueva and Bagumbayan bet Bayani Fernando each got 1 percent.

Richard Gordon got a slice of what Bayani has, followed by Independent presidential bet Jamby Madrigal with 0.4% and Nicanor Perlas, 0.01%. Former DPWH Hermogenes Ebdane who initially expressed an intention to run but backed out and filed his candidacy for governor of an indescript province, did not get any single preference.

Manny Villar's ratings are going south

Now, take note that the survey was commissioned way weeks before Senator Chiz Escudero announced his intention not to run for the presidential post. Now that Escudero is out of the presidential game, how would this impact on the chances of both Nacionalista bet Villar and Estrada? Will this improve the ratings of Noynoy more?

What is certain is that Villar’s numbers are plummeting, a confirmation of what Patricio Mangubat of www.newphilrevolution.blogspot.com wrote that the Nacionalista Party bet’s ratings have plateau-ed and will definitely get a rough beating in the future and will start going down.

What is the probable reason for this? The reason is simple—Villar is just perceived to be a moneyman, a Kingmaker, not presidentiable material. His lack of a platform is affecting him. He must do something drastic to correct this.