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Jan 1, 2020 · This study examined the vote buying phenomenon of the Philippines during periodic elections in the national and local levels.
- Leaders Elected Based on Minority Votes
- The Philippine President and Vice President Are Elected Separately
- A Focus on Candidates’ Personalities Rather Than Platforms
- Political Parties Serve as Candidate-Centric, Non-Ideological Alliances
- The Politics of Personal Patronage Trumps Development Policies
In the country’s plurality or “first-past-the-post” system, the candidate with the highest number of votes wins, while others are left with nothing in this “winner takes all” set up. But with multiple candidates vying for a single post, “vote splitting” is inevitable. Thus, a broadly unpopular candidate who nonetheless has solid voter support can e...
Unlike other presidential systems such as in the United States, which field candidates on a joint ticket, the Philippines allows for split-ticket voting even when political parties push for candidates as a tandem. Split-ticket voting has become a trend in Philippine elections based on preconceived (and misleading) notions of providing checks and ba...
This year’s election, set for 9 May, is another personality-based popularity contest for the presidency. Except for Robredo and Senator Panfilo Lacson, who are banking on their government experience, presidential candidates are emphasising their stardom and family connections to get elected – international boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, former movie...
While they have names that describe them as “nationalist”, “democratic”, and “liberal”, the various Philippine political parties are far from being ideological organisations. Instead they are viewed as “catch-all” parties that seek to generate support from all sectors of society. In a personality-driven election promoted by non-ideological parties,...
The deeply-rooted patronage systemin the Philippines bolsters money politics, especially during elections. Some candidates engage in vote buying rather than promoting their platforms, others misuse public service delivery for electoral purposes instead of broader development objectives. This tradition is partly enabled because many poor Filipinos a...
A Carter Center remote pre-election assessment conducted in January and February 2022 indicated that voters in the Philippines, including domestic election observer organizations, had general confi-dence in the ability of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to administer inclusive elections and in the willingness of candidates to accept the
From the postwar period to the present, elections in the Philippines have suffered from destabilizing cycles of violence, coercion, and organized manipulation and fraud.
The 2022 Philippines Elections: Unity, Continuity, and Impunity. Cleo Anne A. Calimbahin. p. 11-18. Résumé. Despite the overwhelming support for the winning candidate and the unprecedented speed of transmission of votes, there remains allegations of fraud in the 2022 elections.
Philippine elections are patronage-driven, rather than policy- or ideology-driven, in the sense that the provision of material benefits is the main resource of politicians for courting votes. Patronage provisions include various types of activities, such as pork-barreling, casework, and vote buying (Kasuya, 2009).
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Dec 1, 2010 · This article thus seeks to offer the following contributions to existing research and publications on Philippine elections and politics. First of all, it identifies the broad parameters of the overall growth trajectory of the phenomenon commonly referred to as “public opinion” in the Philippines after Marcos.
