The son of late Philippines strongman Ferdinand Marcos has emerged as the person to beat in the 2022 presidential race, after President Rodrigo Duterte's popular daughter decided not to contest the country's top job.
to run for vice president, against the wishes of her supporters, despite leading polls for preferred presidential contenders all throughout the year."Without the popular Duterte-Carpio in the presidential race, Marcos is frontrunner, with 60% odds of victory, though there is a long road ahead," the Eurasia Group consultancy said in a note to clients late on Monday, after nominations closed.
"The only explanation there is he got the pro-Sara voters. There is very close affinity between BBM voters and Sara's voters," said political analyst Temario Rivera. "In a country whereby political memories are quite short and forgiveness is not in short supply, this is definitely working in favour of the Marcoses," said Richard Heydarian, an author, columnist and academic who specialises in politics.
The poll results showed the other presidential candidates far adrift, with incumbent Vice President Leni Robredo with 18%, and Manila mayor Francisco Domagoso on 13%, followed by Pacquiao with 9%.
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