Sotto, Drilon top Senate bets in latest survey

Senate President Franklin Drilon INQUIRER PHOTO / GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE

Former and incumbent lawmakers lead the list of probable winners in the senatorial race for the May elections, results of the latest ABS-CBN-commissioned Pulse Asia survey revealed.

The survey, conducted from March 15-20, showed Senators Vicente Sotto III and Franklin Drilon shared the top spots with 53.6 percent and 51 percent. The two senators were placed in the 1st-2nd range.

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Former senators Francis Pangilinan and Panfilo Lacson landed the 3^rd-4th places with 47.6 percent and 45.2 percent.

Former senator Juan Miguel Zubiri got 40 percent, placing him in 5^th place while another former senator, Richard Gordon, had 36 percent, placing him in the 6^th-11^th range.

Five candidates shared the 6th to 12th places: Sarangani Representative Emmanuel  “Manny” Pacquiao (35.7%), former Akbayan Party List Representative Risa Hontiveros (34.3%), Senator Sergio R. Osmeña III (34.2%), former Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) Director General Emmanuel Villanueva (34.0%), and former Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Leila M. de Lima (33.8%).

Senator Ralph Recto completes the list of probable winners in the May senatorial elections with 32.8%, 7th to 12th places.

Filipinos identified a mean of seven and a median of eight of their preferred candidates in the Senate.

The survey has 4,000 respondents with biometric data and has a plus-or-minus 1.5 percent margin of error. CDG
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