John Benvir Serag knocked on doors in the working-class neighborhood, wearing his pink ¡°Youth Vote for Leni¡± T-shirt and holding a stack of flyers. He has spent nearly every day in the past month trying to explain to strangers why Leni Robredo is the best person to lead the Philippines.

¡°What are you looking for in a president?¡± Serag asked an older woman, before the country¡¯s presidential election in May.

¡°Of course, someone who does not steal,¡± she responded.