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Ramon Magsaysay during the campaign (Photo redit: http://mlq3.tumblr.com/).
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Young, vigorous, active, blunt, honest, a man of the people, Magsaysay, whose campaign slogan was <span class="article-quotes-in">"Magsaysay is My Guy"</span>,  commanded a soul-stirring following among the masses and among the more enlightened classes as well. All look to him to pull the country out of the swamp of post-war corruption in which it had become engulfed. That was the main, if not the only, issue in the elections. 
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During the election campaign it was reported that people often came from far distances not only to see and hear him, but to touch him, as if there was a virtue in him which could be communicated.
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Listen to "Mambo Magsaysay" below, the Magsaysay campaign jingle.
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Raul Manglapus composed the song in 1953 and arranged for Rosita Dela Vega-Da Roza to perform it. She is the singer you hear in the recording.
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<b>References</b><br/>
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American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Volume 29, Number 12, December 1953
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November 10, 1953: Ramon Masaysay was elected President