A Facebook (FB) post claimed voters preferred incumbent Caloocan Mayor Dale “Along” Malapitan over opponent former senator Antonio Trillanes IV. This is misleading. The numbers cited refer to the candidates’ trust ratings, not voter preference.
A reader sent a request to VERA Files’ Messenger Misinformation Tipline to verify a March 2 FB post by a blogger. It contained an infographic with a header that read:
“2025 ELECTION
MAYORAL PREFERENCE
CALOOCAN CITY MAYORAL RACE TRUST RATING
SOURCE: SOCIAL WEATHER STATION”
The image contained a column with the header “Voter Preference.” It ranked Malapitan first with a rating of +75%, while Trillanes was second with a “voter preference” of -22%. No other mayoralty candidate was included in the ranking.
Social Weather Stations (SWS) confirmed on Feb. 28 the results of a commissioned survey on public trust in selected personalities in Caloocan City for February 2025. However, the numbers in the infographic refer to trust rating in the mayoralty candidates, not voter preference.
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