Pinoy voters remain immature - NSCB study

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ANNIE RUTH SABANGAN
02/27/2007

Voting for the same wrong candidates seems to be a hard habit to break for Pinoy voters. After participating in numerous national and local elections for decades, Filipinos have yet to gain wisdom from the political exercise, GMANews.TV learned Tuesday.

A study by Dr. Romulo A. Virola, secretary general of the National Statistics and Coordination Board, showed that there were still voters who re-elected local public officials who had failed to develop the economy of their province.

The study is posted on the NSCB website.

Using data from the 2004 elections, the study came up with a voters’ index that provided indication on the “wisdom" of voters during elections.

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Inquirer Editorial
Voters' maturity

Last updated 00:21am (Mla time) 04/10/2007

AN ANALYTICAL report (http://newsinfo.inquirer.ne t/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?art icle_id=59279) by public relations expert Winston A. Marbella, (Inquirer, 4/8/07) gives people who would like to see some improvement in the nation's system of electing its officials some reason to hope. Marbella said that one trend is the growing maturity of the electorate.

Marbella said this trend is the result of two other trends: the growing use by candidates of the immense power of media in carrying their messages directly to the electorate, and the increasing efficiency of communication technologies in providing candidates almost instant feedback on the pulse of the people.

One sign that voters are becoming more mature is the fact that actors are no longer in the top 12 in the senatorial race. The latest Social Weather Stations survey placed Cesar Montano and Richard Gomez at 18th-19th place. In the past, actors were among the early topnotchers in the surveys (http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/eleksyon2007/survey.php).

Read more.... (http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/editorial/view_article.php?art icle_id=59430)