A Boxing Match fight between Villar and Noynoy

Nacionalista Party standard-bearer Sen. Manuel Villar has stepped up by one percentage point to his main rival Sen. Benigno Aquino III in a “boxing match fight” survey taken by Pulse Asia last Jan, 22 to 26.

The survey question was: “If the following are the ones who became candidates for president, whom would you vote for if the national elections of 2010 were held today?” From the 1,800 respondents answered, 46 percent went to Villar while Aquino got 45 percent.

Even though data put Villar into a match with Noynoy, NP standard-bearer denied the accusations to him from the camp of Sen. Panfilo Lacson, who is now in the watch-list due to his connection with the Dacer-Corbito double murder case.

From 1800 poll respondents, the boxing match survey takes Villar to a lead in the Visayas and Minadanao region where he gained 47 and 50 percentage points respectively while Aquino got 46 points in the Visayas and 44 percent in Minadanao.

The only son of the late Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. maintained a one point lead over Villar in Luzon and seven points (48-41) in the National Capital Region.

Aquino’s bid got a boost from the ABC classes with 52 percent while Villar is far below at 37 percent. For class D, Aquino remains in the lead with 47 percent and Villar, 44 percent

Villar’s strategies in campaign slogan focuses on poverty, which enjoys a nine percentage point-lead in Class E with 50 percent compared to Aquino’s 41 percent.

Compared to the Pulse Asia survey last Oct. 22-30, this is a big leap for Villar because his standing then was 32 percent as opposed to Aquino’s 62 percent.

The recent survey shows that Villar cuts almost all of Aquino’s leads in the Oct. 22-30, 2009 survey.

In the latest poll, Aquino obtained 69 percent rating in the NCR, 58 percent in Luzon, 64 percent in Visayas and 65 percent in Mindanao.

In Class ABC, Aquino cornered 67 percent; Class D, 60 percent and Class E, 66 percent.

Villar, on the other hand, only got 24 percent in NCR, 33 percent in Luzon, 32 percent in Visayas and 33 percent in Mindanao. 

He got only 22 in Class ABC, 34 percent in Class D and 30 percent in Class E.

Villar was recently in Nueva Vizcaya to grace the opening of the Cagayan Valley Regional Athletic Association meet.

As what a childplay goes, “Small Circle, Small circle, BIG Circle!” Now, he was then a Small Circle, but because of his eagerness, he might be the next “Philippine President.”