MANILA -- Vice President Leni Robredo is gaining ground on front-runner Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the Philippine presidential election race, a new poll published Wednesday showed.
Just over a month ahead of the May 9 election, Robredo gained 9 percentage points to attain a voter preference score of 24%, according to the Pulse Asia survey conducted March 17-21. Marcos, the son and namesake of the late Philippine dictator, still enjoys a comfortable lead, despite his score dipping to 56% from 60% in a February survey.
