Evolving nature of campaign tactics and strategies

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It is really a time for evolution and innovation.  The campaign strategies and techniques hve radically changed in the Philippine setting.   Perhaps since 2016

It used to be campaign sorties:   house to house, miting de avance, meeting with the purok campaign leaders vote buying, cheating, terrorism

But now modern technologies are at work

1.  Use of social media:

     YT

     Face book

     IG and more

2.  Through these media you have:

     1.  YT of rallies and caravan

     2.  Trolls to create content for the favored candidate, or neutralize their accucastions;

     3.  Influencers:    Justice Carpio, Fmr Senate Pres Enrile, 

3.  Expensive  events:

   

     1.  Caravans

     2   Events/rallies

     3.  With generous t shirts and allowances

4.  Surveys contra surveys

    1.  SWS Publicus, OCTA, and own spontaneous surveys

    2.  Interviews of citizens at YT

 5.  Disruption of election results via Smartmatic and Comelec

Its two weeks to go. Whoever used the best combination of activities and resources will surely win

But fear factors are introduced Various scenarios are published:

     1.  CCP is allegely advising and supporting  VP Robredo

     2.  Scenarios:

          1.  BBM wins, but is DQ's either at Comelec and SD is promoted as Pres 

               BBM camp causes destabilization campaign

         2   LR wins and the BBM SD causes destablization

         3.  If there is trouble, PDU3 declares Martial law, CCP NDF joins the fray

Sayang sana we conduct this peacefully.  We are engaged in legal democtratic processes disrupt  our peace and progress

Presser today by Senators Ping Lacson, Tito Sotto, Mayor Isko Moreno Sec. Gonzales, and Dr. Willie Ong on withdrawal - they are not

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This post caught the latter part of the presser.  Sens Ping Lacson, Tito Sotto, Isko Moreno, Dr. Willie Ong, Sec Norberto Gonzales.   Manny Pacquiao, Leody de Guzman,  Dr. Montemayor, Mr. Abella, Mr. Faisal Mangondato were not in attendance.     Sen. Ping Lacson clarified the objectives of the presser:

            1.  That they are not withdrawing

            2.   Not to believe the deception  (includes the surveys and crowd estimates of meetings)

            3.   Not to subvert the results of the election

Sen Ping said that we should remove the binary mentality, sa pula sa puti, that the battle for Presidency is between LR and BBM;  there are other options.  There are anecdotes of supporters shifting alliance to BBM because they disliked LR, and vice versa.   There are other options

Mayor Isko Moreno said that for anyone to commit the supreme sacrifice it should be the VP because her main reason for running that she must prevent Marcos family comeback does not work.   Isko, Ping Lacson and the rest of candidates are offering something for the people.    Ping said, the VP,, being a woman cnaged her mind.    On so many occasions before filing  COCC SHE SAID SHE WOULD not run  And yet when the filing of COC time came, she filed.  

April 17, 2022 presser of other presidentiables - no coalition, no withdrawal

CNN - Isko calls on LR to withdraw

But whoever withdraws, LR or the other candidates, it is not possible to close the gap on lead of BBM