Volunteers in door-to-door blitz for Robredo

This photo taken on March 19, 2022 shows volunteers of opposition presidential candidate and current vice president, Leni Robredo, talking to a resident during a house-to-house campaign in Las Pinas, suburban Manila. Nearly two million volunteers are involved in a grassroots movement for Robredo, the incumbent vice president, as she battles to close the gap with frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Junior before the May 9 polls.

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MANILA, Philippines — Clutching pink flyers and face masks, supporters of presidential hopeful Leni Robredo are going door to door across the archipelago nation in an against-the-odds bid to win over voters.

Nearly two million volunteers are involved in a grassroots movement for Robredo, the incumbent vice president, as she battles to close the gap with frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Jr. before the May 9 polls. 

Voter surveys show Marcos Jr. heading towards a landslide victory, the endgame of a decades-long, well-funded effort to return the powerful clan to the presidential palace they fled 36 years ago.

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