Press Release
December 28, 2009

Aquino, Villar most trusted by Pinoys in SWS survey

Two incumbent senators who are running for president in the May 2010 polls were the most trusted personalities according to a national survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS).

Sen. Benigno Aquino III, Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer, and Sen. Manny Villar, running for president under the Nacionalista Party (NP), were statistically tied in first place as shown by the November 4-8 survey.

Aquino got a net rating of +71 while Villar got a net +70. The survey with 1,200 respondents, have a margin of error of +-3%. Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn commissioned the survey.

Villar and Aquino were followed by Sen. Manuel Roxas II, LP vice presidential bet, with +65. Sen. Loren Legarda, running mate of Villar, scored +56.

Also in the list were Sen. Francis Escudero with +54, Vice President Noli De Castro with +16 and Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay with +13.

In the survey, respondents were asked: "Pag-usapan po natin and tungkol sa ilang personalidad. Sa mga sumusunod, maaari po bang sabihin ninyo kung ang pagtitiwala ninyo kay (personality) ay napakalaki, medyo malaki, hindi tiyak kung malaki o maliit, medyo maliit, napakaliit, o wala pa kayong narinig o nabasa maski ano kahit na kalian tungkol kay (name)?"

Aquino got 80% much trust, 10% undecided and 9% little trust. Villar got 79% much trust, 11% undecided and 10% little trust.

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