With over 31 million votes, how did Marcos Jr’s campaigning and political machinery lead him to a stunning success at the polls? | via philstarlife
What is the historical context and significance of the country having its first"majority president" since 1986?
In the country's election history, from 1935 to 1969, only Carlos Garcia won by a plurality, as Manuel Quezon, Manuel Roxas, Elpidio Quirino, Ramon Magsaysay, Diosdado Macapagal, and Ferdinand Marcos Sr. all won by a majority. Based on 98.35% of election returns, Marcos Jr. secured at least 31.1 million votes—over half of his closest rival Leni Robredo's 14.8 million and higher than the other bets' combined 21.8 million votes.Six years after Robredo won during the vice president in the 2016 elections, leading by 263, 473 votes against Marcos, Jr., the turnout is much different six years after after the latter managed to flip various vote-rich areas.
Robredo’s losses in the regions of Mimaropa, Central Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Caraga, and BARMM were also instrumental to Marcos Jr. leading the polls.In a discussion with Aquarius Media about the landslide victory of Marcos Jr., sociology professors Nicole Curato, Herbert Docena, and Erwin Rafael all echoed how the presumptive president’s promise of “unity” resounded with voters.
“It’s a combination of the anger that was created by the material conditions that was channeled by Marcos against the dilawans and the dilawans not being able to counter that propaganda,” Docena added.In an interview with CNBC, University of Santo Tomas professor Froilan Calilung pointed out that the Marcos Jr. platform was “plain and simple” enough for Filipinos to “digest.”
“When we talked to our respondents tinantanong kung bakit niyo gusto si Marcos Jr., [sabi nila] ‘kasi tahimik lang siya, kasi di siya nakikipag-away.’ Sino ba yung nang-aaway? ‘Si Leni!’ So yung pa-victim na personality ni Marcos Jr. talagang lumutang,” Curato added.
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