Mabalacat City Mayor Crisostomo Garbo while busy attending to his constituents in his office at the Mabalacat Municipal Hall. With him is Vice Mayor Gerald Guttrie Aquino (left).
A SURVEY conducted by Argus Polls Inc. showed that reelectionist Mayor Crisostomo Garbo is leading the mayoral race in Mabalacat City, Pampanga.
Garbo is being favored by Mabalaqueños, with 63 percent rating.
The survey likewise showed that next to Garbo was former Mayor Marino “Boking” Morales, with 33 percent, followed by Diosdado “Deng” Pangilinan, with 4 percent.
Argus asked respondents : “If today were election day, who would you elect for the next position?”
Mayor Garbo was favored by the respondents, with 74.97% or 3,927 of the total votes ahead of Marino Morales’ 20.14% or 1,055 votes, with 3.47% undecided while Deng Pangilinan got 1.28% or 67 votes.
Methods used by Argus are random sampling and face-to-face interviews of household-based respondents mostly from D and E classes, who graduated from high school and were aged 31 and above.
Female respondents accounted for 52 percent and males 48 percent. The number of respondents represented 2 percent of voters in the barangays.
The survey has a 0.63 percent margin of error.
The same survey showed Candaba reelectionist Mayor Rene Maglanque leading, with 72 percent while Aniway Baylon got 28 percent.
Meanwhile, Gov. Dennis “Delta” Pineda was also chosen by 20,111 voters or 81 percent of the total 24,772 people surveyed in four districts of the province, covering more than 500 barangays this January.
A pre-election independent survey conducted from December 9 to 24, 2021 also showed Garbo, Vice Mayor Gerald Guttrie Aquino, and the entire council slate of Team MCG enjoyed a wide lead over their competitors.
Participants were 5,238 Mabalaqueños comprising 4% of the total voting population.
For the vice mayoral race, incumbent Vice Mayor Aquino has a clear lead of 64.17% or 3,361 total number of votes over Christian Halili’s 1,630 votes comprising 31.12%. Almost five percent of the respondents were undecided.
Outgoing city councilor Win-Win Garbo, who is seeking a Provincial Board member seat at the Pampanga Capitol, led with 77.11% accruing to 4,039 of the total responses. She was followed by Benny Jocson (43.62% or 2,285 votes) and Dwight Morales (35.45% or 1,857 votes).
