Voter Insight Phil Politics

Politics in the Philippines is very complicated. Politicians use many kinds of gimmickry
to put their name across the country to gather voters. Every election in the Philippines, the
country seems to active, too many thins seem to be happening, from mindless banter to violence.
The Philippines is known for how politics in the country can be very personal. Politicians attack
other politicians to a personal level and all these are witnessed by the country and are sometimes
perceived as entertainment for its pettiness.

During campaign, candidates use many gimmicks. Those who have enough funds afford
to be in commercials on television. Some even get to the point of showing their political ads by
the hour. Those who are part of the main political parties’ campaign as one slate which is bound
together by the same set of beliefs, interest, motivations and platforms. For independent
candidates, these are politician who usually don’t agree with the platform of the major political
parties. Usually, independent candidates tend to be tagged as dissenters.

When it comes to tactics and strategies, streets are filled with different people wearing
different colors representing specific politicians distributing pamphlets and reminding people
who to vote for. The campaign season is also the time when the roads are filled with cars with
flags and banners with faces of different politicians. There also mini-vans with speakers spouting
name of politicians as well as songs of campaign. Many voters, both in the cities and provinces
are sometimes succumb to vote buying. People are given certain amounts of many to make sure
that they vote for certain candidates. This is an illegal act but sometimes, people who commit it
continue to get away with it. Then there are also cases of flying voters and ghost voters.