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6 in 10 Pinoys believe 2022 elections 'more credible' than previous polls: Pulse Asia

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Voters queue at the Batasan National High School on May 9, 2022. Larry Monserate Piojo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/05/09/halalan-slideshow-21.jpg"/><figcaption>Voters queue at the Batasan National High School on May 9, 2022. <em>Larry Monserate Piojo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Most Filipino adults believe the outcome of the 2022 elections is more credible compared to the previous presidential polls, results of the latest Pulse Asia survey showed Wednesday.</p><p>The June 24 to 27 survey showed that 67 percent of respondents believe the recent elections were &quot;more credible now&quot; while 18 percent said it was &quot;as credible as before&quot;. Only 6 percent said the results were &quot;less credible now&quot; compared to the 2016 polls.</p><p>Pulse Asia said this is a prevailing sentiment in all geographic areas and socio-economic classes.</p><p>&quot;Public assessment of the conduct of the May 2022 elections compared to the May 2016 elections is generally positive,&quot; it added.</p><p>Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the namesake son of the late president, won a landslide victory in the 2022 elections, with over 31 million votes.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/07/20/table1.png" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/07/20/table1.png"/></figure></div><p>His predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, topped the previous presidential polls with nearly 16 million votes.</p><p>The latest survey also found that 39 percent of Filipino adults believe there was &quot;less cheating&quot; during the May 2022 elections compared to the previous polls. </p><p>Five percent of Pulse Asia respondents said there was more cheating in the May 2022 polls, 7 percent said the presence of cheating was &quot;same as before with rampant cheating&quot; while 16 percent said it was &quot;same as before with little cheating.&quot; </p><p>Thirty-three percent of respondents said they could not say if there was cheating in the elections. </p><p>Pulse Asia said Filipino adults were also split on whether the 2022 elections heightened divisions in the country.</p><p>Some 41 percent agree with the statement while 36 percent are undecided on the matter. The rest of respondents (24%) disagree that the polls amplified social divisions in the country.</p><p>The survey comes as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio were <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/25/22/marcos-duterte-carpio-proclaimed-duly-elected-president-vp">declared winners of the May 9 elections</a>.</p><p>Meanwhile, the counting of votes at the Commission on Elections is &quot;faster now&quot; than in May 2016, according to 86 percent of respondents.</p><p>The pollster said most adults across areas and classes shared this assessment.</p><p>In a survey released Monday, 8 out of 10 Filipinos also believed the results of the recent elections were accurate and credible.</p><p>Pulse Asia said the survey, which was conducted using face-to-face interviews among 1,200 respondents, had a ±2.8 percent error margin at the 95 percent confidence level.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/18/22/most-filipinos-trust-2022-election-results-pulse-asia">Most Filipinos trust 2022 election results: Pulse Asia</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2036378" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Most Filipino adults believe the outcome of the 2022 elections is more credible compared to the previous presidential polls.