'Bongbong' Marcos cements lead in Philippine presidential race

President Duterte's daughter Sara also ahead in VP contest

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Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., the son and namesake of the late Philippine dictator, delivers a speech during a campaign rally in San Fernando, Pampanga Province, on April 29. © Reuters

CLIFF VENZON, Nikkei staff writer

MANILA -- With just a week to go before the Philippines' May 9 presidential election, a new poll shows that Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., the son and namesake of the country's late dictator, remains the front-runner.

Marcos maintained a voter preference score of 56%, according to the Pulse Asia survey published Monday. The pollster surveyed 2,400 people from April 16 to 21.

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