Familiar names top picks for Senate

FAMILIAR names lead in a second-quarter Publicus Asia survey on voter preference for the Senate race in the 2025 midterm elections.

In the Pahayag survey, Dr. Willie Ong tops voter preference at 39 percent, followed by ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo at 33 percent, and former president Rodrigo Duterte at 32 percent — the last two of the trio share the second place in a statistical tie.

Former senator Ping Lacson keeps a steady voting preference at 32 percent, while former Senate president Vicente «Tito» Sotto III, re-electionist Sen. Bong Go, and former Manila mayor Francisco «Isko Moreno» Domagoso each get a 29 percent voting preference.

Dr. Willie Ong

Former vice president Leni Robredo, who opted out of the race, still maintains a stable voter preference at 28 percent.

Re-electionist Sen. Imee Marcos follows closely at 26 percent, and former senator Kiko Pangilinan enters the top 12 list with 25 percent.

Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and re-electionist Sen. Pia Cayetano both get a 23 percent voter preference.

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Re-electionist Sen. Ronald dela Rosa slips to 13th place with 22 percent, followed closely by human rights lawyer Atty. Jose Manuel «Chel» Diokno at 21 percent.

Incumbent re-electionists have seen a decline in their preference ratings, but still maintain their hold on the top 12.

Meanwhile, new entrants and former senators are steadily gaining ground in public perception. Notably, undecided voters are on the rise, reflecting voters hesitant to decide whether they are pro-administration or pro-opposition.

Pahayag 2024 Second Quarter (PQ2-2024), conducted by Publicus Asia Inc., is an independent and non-commissioned survey conducted from June 15 to 19, 2024, using purposive sampling composed of 1,507 respondents randomly drawn from the market research panel of over 200,000 registered Filipino voters.

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