WEDNESDAY / MAY 22,2019

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you start to dissect what we already know so *"""ittiri 'is-G"witipeala
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far' G€ttingback to near-peak levels ofpop"ttt- ."ui"'t-.i stats"r-ui.-
on the eryone else can be identified as not reallv the
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ity doesn't seem to have translated intb; rustr roseii *"i","-ii"-' puttiao that the biggest president's loyal follower,
but someone else,s.
to the polls to give a ringing endorsement t" pi[piro-l"tur nliayan (pop-Laban), oemokriiiko or in itior themselves. worse, if you look at
the administratiorl overall turnorrq midtT- which voting results on the precinct level enouqh bas-
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stiongiy oppo"ttion (Magallanes, Forbes park,
sus 75 percent in 2or9; 8I percent voted.in 2016 ni ror gain;, "ulnl 'L'orenzo,
trt" r-uu"-cttrirti* Muslim san Bel-Air, creenhills, l,oyola
but tiat was presidendal
a etection year). over- pemociatfiJ;th..ii*#,.;il;'ffi:l;:,c#:Lrrruage,wewnubansvilaee.tocite
seas liliPino workers (oFws) seemed- content truai"tE"pi"'r C""irtion gairied five, the Na- a rJwyio suggestr The loyalty to
to proclaim devotion onlv online: ontv 21368 .i""aiia p-"iw-*a trr" the president
oFws (2o'66'percent out of 1822,39 regi.tui"a roui .".tu
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voters overseas) bothered toyote. -Jrffiong ng ragbabago gained other sectors is going, "u"n suggesting the church,s
.three..In other wor"ds, iriu i""" ir inf,u-".a_inl grolGrri.riti.ir* lr* had some
The comelec said the baransay- etections istrition -canniilJiin - effect.
, n rglro"c gained little thde phces do not elect presidents, but re-
led to a sPike in voter registrations for p"opt" t o- r-ili[r..t,
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demographics did not get turned on enl"ct to
il iez comeback bid, it also 's!dr
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