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| People belonging to A1 to A4 categories queue for a Sinovac vaccine at Bagong Silang Elementary School in Caloocan City on June 9, 2021. (Photo by Michael Varcas/ The Star) |
[Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] MANILA— Nearly half of Filipinos say they will not vote in the upcoming national elections if coronavirus cases are high in their barangays, results of a Pulse Asia survey by a senator found. The survey focused mainly on vaccine hesitancy and was conducted from June 7 to June 16 with 2,400 respondents, PhilStar reported. However, Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri commissioned a question on the 2022 polls, the findings of which were embargoed and revealed by him for the first time at a plenary session held Wednesday.
According to Zubiri, 46% of respondents told Pulse Asia that they would not go out to vote on election day in May 2022 if COVID-19 cases in their barangay are high. Another 35% said that they would still vote. The remaining 19% said they were unsure. The number of respondents who said they would stay home during elections was highest in Metro Manila at 57%, followed by Balance Luzon at 50%, Mindanao at 40%, and the Visayas at 37%.
Meanwhile, respondents from Mindanao were the most willing to vote regardless of high cases in their area at 50%, followed by Metro Manila at 35%, the Visayas at 32%, and Balance Luzon at 29%. Those who said they were unsure were mostly from the Visayas at 32%.
