"Villarroyo" blamed for Villar rating drop
Presidential aspirant Senator Manuel Villar Jr.’s reported alliance with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo may have hurt his ratings in the latest presidential preference surveys, a political analyst said.
The President’s supposed attempt to prove that she is not a "lame duck President" by making "midnight appointments" has further hurt her popularity, and this negative perception has extended to Villar, whom she is reportedly backing up, political analyst Benito Lim said.
"That perception might have been to blame. Nobody likes the President, so she can drag anybody down," Lim told GMANews.TV in a phone interview on Tuesday.
In the latest Pulse Asia survey conducted on March 21 to 28, Villar’s ratings dropped by 4 percentage points to 25 percent from a month earlier.
His closest rival, Liberal Party standard bearer Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino, stayed on top and picked up a point to gain 37 percent in the March survey. (See: Villar slips, Noynoy stays on top in new Pulse Asia survey)
Lim said the "Villarroyo" tag had affected Villar’s image despite his political ads promising to end poverty.
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