Charles Teves
After a turnout of 47,000 at the Kakampink rally in Cavite on March 4, Google Trends had Vice President Leni Robredo as the most searched presidential candidate for the May 9 elections.
43 percent of the searches were about Robredo, around 26 percent were about former senator Bongbong Marcos, Sen. Manny Pacquiao, and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno were tied at 13%; while Sen. Panfilo Lacson only got 5 percent share of the searches.
The number one related search to Robredo was Gov. Jonvic Remulla of Cavite, a known Marcos supporter who promised the dictator’s son he’d secure him at least 800,000 votes from the province.
Cavite Rep. Crispin Remulla, the brother of Jonvic accused the attendees of the Pink General Trias rally of being paid and recruited.
Meanwhile, the top search in the vice presidential race was Sara Duterte with 46 percent, trailed by Kiko Pangilinan with 30%, Tito Sotto with 14%, Walden Bello with 7%, and Lito Atienza with 3%.
Results were based on search queries from the previous week.
The top searches when it came to issues were education, drugs, economy, tourism, poverty, and justice, in that order.
In presidential surveys, Robredo always comes in second but her rallies are too overwhelming to simply give in to the results.
The news only made the Kakampinks more confident in Robredo’s chances of becoming the next and the third woman commander-in-chief.
There's a lot to unpack on what data scientists are now saying, but here's the gist: Len Robredo has already overtaken BBM in net social media sentiment and Google trends kaya posibleng naungusan na ni Robredo si BBM sa next survey. Let's keep working hard! Ipanalo natin to!
— Gerry Cacanindin (@GerryCacanindin) March 7, 2022
Robredo could possibly mirror what Barack Obama has achieved when he ran for the presidency as an unknown senator.
Robredo's lead in Google trends mirrors Obama's in 2008. Americans wanted to know him. It's easy to use this as proof that Google trends predetermine election winners, but no. Like Obama who was somewhat unknown then, Robredo is still not as familiar as Marcos in some provinces. pic.twitter.com/gyVPPnxom6
— Miyako Izabel (@sejoalzir) March 7, 2022
Ayon sa prediction ng GOOGLE trends it'a ROBREDO WIN sila ang nagpredict ng panalo ng maraming naupo na kandidato maging ke du30 nong 2016 kaya wag lang MADAYA panalo na si ROBREDO
— angel eusebio (@angeleu68037285) March 10, 2022
