Joey Salceda leads survey for gubernatorial race in Albay — SWS
MANILA, Philippines — Incumbent Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda led the gubernatorial voting preference in Albay province, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said Monday night.
The survey, conducted from February 27 to March 5, 2025, was commissioned by Lloyd Ian Zaragoza. It was participated in by 1,270 registered voters aged 18 and above in the province.
Salceda received 38% of voter preference, or 355 votes, topping opponents Noel Rosal and Rosaler Sara Jr.
Meanwhile, Rosal obtained 29% voter preference (270 votes), while Sara garnered 0.5% or four votes.
A total of 30% or 286 voters were undecided on the matter.
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The Commission disqualified Rosal on Elections from running for the 2025 elections as he was dismissed and permanently barred from holding any public office by the Office of Ombudsman for reassigning government officers.
However, the Supreme Court revoked the poll body’s decision.
The survey also revealed voting preferences for the vice gubernatorial, 2nd, and 3rd District Representatives in the province.
In the vice gubernatorial position, Diday Co led with 30% voter preference (278 votes) against Jun Alegre (17% or 163 votes); Te Arandia (6% or 54 votes); and Gil Goyena (2% or 16 votes.)
Forty-four percent, or 418 voters, were undecided on the position.
Kito Co topped Caloy Loria for the voter preference of the 2nd District Representative. Co garnered a 36% voter preference or 119 votes, while Loria got 31% or 102 votes. Undecided voters reached 31%.
Lastly, Adrian Salceda led the position of the 3rd District Representative with 40% voter preference or 134 votes. His opponent, Fernando Cabredo got 21% or 72 votes.
Thirty-eight percent of the voters declared that they were undecided on the position.
The survey was conducted among 505 respondents in District 1; 465 in District 2; and 300 in District 3. This gave sampling error margins of ±3% for Total Albay Province, ±4% for District 1, ±5% for District 2, and ±6% District 3.
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The exact phrasing of the survey question with Filipino as the source language was:
“Kung ang eleksyon ay gaganapin ngayon, sino po ang pinakamalamang ninyong iboboto bilang CONGRESS REPRESENTATIVE, GOBERNADOR, at BISE-GOBERNADOR? Sa loob po ng envelope na ito ay listahan ng mga kandidato. Sa Congress Representative, Gobernador, at Vice-Governor ay pwede kayong bumoto ng hanggang isa (1) lamang. Paki-shade o itiman po ang oval na katabi ng pangalan ng mga tao na pinakamalamang ninyong iboboto. Pagkatapos po ninyong bumoto, pakilagay po sa loob ng envelope ang balota ninyo at pakibalik sa akin.”
(If the elections were held today, whom would you most probably vote for as CONGRESS REPRESENTATIVE, GOVERNOR, and VICE-GOVERNOR? Inside this envelope is a list of candidates. For Congress Representative, Governor, and Vice-Governor, you may vote for only one (1). Please shade or darken the oval beside the name of the persons you would most probably vote for. Once you have completed your voting, please place your ballot inside the envelope and return it to me.)
