The Perfect Candidate (2021)

You know elections are near when you see politicians try hard - sometimes, too hard - to reinvent themselves: cabinet secretaries become dancers, congressmen start a mukbang (a what?), and every other political aspirant purveys tokens and trinkets to get their names on voters' minds. But instead of basketball courts and town plazas, candidates are taking their show to YouTube, TikTok and, of course, Facebook. Just how do politicians and their machineries use information technology to sway voters in their favor? How far would they go to put themselves in power? And how can voters see through the subterfuge and make informed choices? In this final episode of The Perfect Candidate Trilogy, Cheche Lazaro examines how current realities will shape the upcoming elections, and whether voters stand a chance against the ploys of candidates whose campaign teams grow ever more tech-savvy as D-day approaches.