Robredo's latest endorsements 'too late in the game' in beating Marcos Jr. — analyst
By Edward Era Barbacena
CNN -The latest endorsements for presidential candidate Leni Robredo are “too late in the game” to help close the gap with current survey leader Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, political analyst Antonio Contreras tells CNN Philippines’ The Final Word.
More political groups and notable personalities have thrown their support for Robredo into the homestretch of the campaign, with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) being the biggest group to have recently extended its support for the presidential candidate.
"My take on this is it may be too late in the game. A lot of people have already made up their minds, and if you look at the survey results, at least the scientific ones, you’re going to see that in some surveys, Marcos’ numbers are even edging up, and it's not going down," Contreras said.
"The pattern is there. There is very little number to draw from if you're going to convert, because now you need to convert votes," he added.
Contreras said there is uncertainty that these endorsements would lead to conversion, noting also the few number of undecided voters, and the big margin between the two candidates.
He also added that even endorsements from big celebrities or influence from relatives can do very little to convert one person into voting for another candidate.
"We don't have empirical data to show that just because an actor or an actress or a sports person endorsed a candidate -- and I'm not just talking about Leni -- we are assuming that it works," Contreras said.
"Based on our survey… the influence of celebrities, even politicians, even relatives bear not too much into the decision of people, and more so now that people have already made up their minds," he added.
When asked if there still are chances that presidential candidates can still work together to beat the survey leader, Contreras said he does not see it happening.
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