The voting patterns of the Philippine presidential elections (1957-1992)

Date of Publication

1996

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts Major in Political Science

Subject Categories

Political Science

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Political Science

Thesis Adviser

Ronald D. Holmes

Defense Panel Member

Teresita Arce Herrera
George Marasigan

Abstract/Summary

The advent of American colonization in the Philippines brought the institutionalization of elections in the Philippines. Since then, Philippines had several elections. The aim of this study is to discern the voting pattern of the Filipinos in the 1957, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1981 and 1992 presidential elections. This study is both qualitative and quantitative in nature. The researchers analyzed factors such as the regional linguistic ties, the correlation between the presidential and vice-presidential results, the voting participation, the linguistic correlation of the candidates to its region and the tendency of people to vote for the incumbent or the opposition candidates. The researchers found out that political culture, regional-linguistic affiliation and vertical relationship affected the voting preference of the Filipinos. Furthermore, it was found out that no two candidates in a particular election came from the same regional-linguistic groups. The presidential candidates tend to select their running mates from different regions and linguistic affiliation. Regions without representative candidates tend to vote for the incumbent candidates and regions with high voting participation are regions I, VII, VI, III and II which are the regions where winning candidates came from, while regions V, VIII, X, XII, XI & NCR have low percentage of participation.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TU15681

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

62, 110 unnumbered leaves, illustrations, 28 cm.

Keywords

Presidents—Philippines—Election; Elections—Philippines

Embargo Period

4-7-2021

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