Three-termer City Councilor Danilo “Dan” Dizon Lacson (KAMBILAN) and three-termer Tabun barangay chairman Alma Dizon-Mercado (PROMDI) have topped the list of preferred Angeles City councilorables in the 2022 local elections with 1,092 votes and 1,056 votes respectively based on the AngeleNews Public Group Facebook Poll conducted from October 15-17, 2021.
The public group pollster also noted that among 26 official candidates named in the survey with 10,240 total respondents, the top 14 bets have a statistical chance of winning, with most of them being former or incumbent members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod. This is the first online poll conducted a week after the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) filing last October 1-8.
Trailing behind Lacson and Mercado is first timer Rodelio Mamac Jr. (KAMBILAN) with 891 votes, next is incumbent Mining barangay chairman Cris Cortez with 748 votes, reelectionist and former Sta. Teresita barangay chairman Marino “Niknok” Banola (KAMBILAN) with 711 votes, followed by reelectionist Raco Del Rosario (KAMBILAN) with 598 votes, while KAMBILAN reelectionists Jay Sangil and Atty. Arvin Pogs Suller had 568 votes and 533 votes respectively, followed by independent candidate barangay kagawad Randy Malonzo of Claro M. Recto with 530 votes and former city councilor Edu Pamintuan landed no. 10 with 517 votes.
The Top 1-5 preferred councilorables are incumbent and former barangay officials while Mamac Jr. is the son of Balibago Barangay Chairman Tony Mamac. Also in the list of preferred councilorables are former city councilor, Clark international airport president Alex Cauguiran (IND) and former city councilor Alex Indiongco (PAK) who are tied on no. 11 with 483 votes, while KAMBILAN reelectionists Dr. Alfie Bonifacio and JC Parker-Aguas have 440 votes and 433 votes respectively. Followed by newcomers CJ Ponce (KAMBILAN), son of incumbent city councilor Joseph PG Ponce with 295 votes and Aaron “Ron” Pineda (PDP-LABAN), running for second bid, with 215 votes.
Also in the poll are Jeselle Dayrit (AD) 151 votes , Harvey Santiago (AD) 143 votes, Atty. Israel Forto (AD) 100 votes , Bong Arceo (AD) 64 votes, Don Quito (AD) 44 votes, William Aguilar (IND) 40 votes, Paul Maiquez (AD) 34 votes, Dan Aloot AD) 33 votes, Bryan Eribal (PROMDI) 23 votes, and Nong Tamayo (IND) 15 votes.
COVID-19 response has been the most prominent issue for candidates such as the distribution of “ayuda”, medical assistance, livelihood projects and more.
The AngeleNews Public Group Facebook Poll said the latest release will be part of its regular monthly poll until next year’s Synchronized National and Local Elections on May 9, 2022. The poll was participated by 10,240 Angelenos, registered voters and residents, and those aged 18 and above.
The FB Poll includes: Real-time voting, public setting, legitimate/verified FB account holders, insight data (23,878 people reached; 896 post engagements; 257 comments, 300 reactions, 278 shares, and 37 other clicks). Facebook is the largest of all the social media platforms, with a membership of around 2.6 billion monthly users worldwide.
That is an astonishingly large number of people and that figure represents an incredibly large potential audience for politicians. Even attracting just a tiny fraction of Facebook users to be your own audience can still equate to hundreds of thousands of voters which candidates haven’t met, doesn’t know personally, or not even the candidates’ FB followers. Politicians using advertising on Facebook obviously means more popularity, visibility, and influence for the platform, so they have created a host of features that help to make political campaigns more successful.