04 April 2013

On Malaysia and Philippine Elections 2013 and a Note on Surveys

"Is it time for change in Malaysia"


And the high heat is on in Malaysia as well.... This could be epoch-making!



As a student of Southeast Asian politics, I am much more interested at this time in following Malaysia's upcoming general elections than the national elections in the Philippines. For many reasons.... Part of the reason is the seeming 'anticlimactic' effect of SWS and Pulse Asia surveys in the Philippines -- and, yes, I want to puke at the results: same names, same games, shame, shame! 

(Note: As a social science student, I believe in the scientific findings of these credible polls; but I detest their time-tested effects, among others, on Filipino voting behaviour.)

Wish elections in the Philippines do not have surveys where it is like a horse race (karera ng kabayo) in which horses (candidates) do not know who are llamados (leaders) and dehados (laggards) from the taya (bets)!!!

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