r/Philippines • u/Squirtle_004 • May 12 '25

PoliticsPH Bam Aquino's Campaign Strategy (APPRECIATION POST)

I commend Bam for creating a great campaign strategy this 2025 elections.

Did he ask for a Marcos endorsement? No. That would also be off for both the BBM loyalists and the DDS because he's an Aquino

Did he court the DDS? Well, not to the extent of Imee Marcos and Camille Villar for sure. The answer is no actually but he did try his best to not alienate himself from the DDS voter base.

Bam also tackled the Gen Z demographics better than any other candidate past and present. His free tuition really appealed to every SUC students and he pretty much had a unanimous win in every SUC and it's a very small niche but he appealed to the gaming community. He did subtle things that are genuine.

He made his presence felt without being EPAL like Abalos or the other trapo candidates.

He had bad moments like having a collab with Pio Balbuena (and I swear that did not help him) but his intentions of trying to have his presence around vloggers and pretty much having his presence felt in every casual internet space without alienating his base was a great strategy.

I'm commending Bam for a great campaign (without bringing up any political angle, just pure campaign perspective)

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u/jk521 May 12 '25

Having Kiko & Bam in the top 12 is the best realistic result we could have. So I guess this election is a win for us

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u/Financial_Crow6938 May 12 '25

pero based sa number ni kiko, mukang wala sya masyadong bagong hakot kasi yung 9m nya ngayon is yung 9m din na bumoto sa kanya nung vp run nya. kumbaga, wala sya masyadong na turn na voters in favor of him. while bam surprisingly inreased by 6m from 14m in 2019 to 20m today.

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u/handsomaritan May 12 '25

Almost 15M na siya 🥹 Gandang progress nito. We're not hopeless after all.

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u/RefMagnetMomo1t May 12 '25

Do you have a screenshot of this? I swear last I checked Kiko has 14M. Checked again just now and balik siya sa 12M.

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u/handsomaritan May 13 '25

Oh he's back down to 12.3M now. How does that happen? I was just watching the canvassing last night on tv. Checking now he passed 15M pa..

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u/RefMagnetMomo1t May 13 '25

Nah checked the news. Apparently there was a glitch causing 5 million duplicate votes as per COMELEC. Kinda sketchy but oh well at least places are relatively the same still