Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano, television personality Raffy Tulfo, and Antique Rep. Loren Legarda have topped the list of senatorial candidates in the May 2022 elections, Pulse Asia's survey results released on Wednesday, Dec. 22, showed.
Based on the survey fieldwork that was conducted from Dec. 1 to 6, 2021, and face-to-face interviews of 2,400 respondents, Pulse Asia found that of the 14 possible winners in the May 2022 senatorial race, nine were either current or former members of Congress.
Cayetano led the senatorial pick of Filipino voters with 64.1 percent. This overall voter preference translates to a statistical rating of solo 1st place.
Close behind Cayetano were Tulfo (60 percent) and Legarda (58.7 percent), who shared 2nd to 3rd places.
Sorsogon Gov. Francis Escudero had the support of 53.9 percent of voters, which equates to a statistical ranking of 4th to 5th places.
Completing the top half of probable winners were former Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar (51.3 percent, 4th to 6th places) and Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri (49.5 percent, 5th to 6th places).
Finding themselves in the bottom half of those with a statistical chance of winning in next year’s senatorial election were former Vice President Jejomar Binay (44.7 percent, 7th to 8th places); Senator Joel Villanueva (41.6 percent, 7th to 9th places); Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (40.1 percent, 8th to 9th places); President Rodrigo Duterte (35.8 percent, 10th to 14th places); actor Robin Padilla (35.6 percent, 10th to 14th places); Senator Risa Hontiveros (35.5 percent, 10th to 14th places); former Senator Jinggoy Estrada (34.4 percent, 10th to 14th places); and former Senator JV Ejercito (32.1 percent, 10th to 15th places).
Meanwhile, the rest of Filipino registered voters were still undecided as regards their senatorial picks for the May 2022 elections (3.2 percent), were not voting for any senatorial candidate (1.2 percent), or refused to name their preferred senatorial bets (0.3 percent).
Pulse Asia noted that as of early December 2021, Filipino registered voters were identifying a mean of nine and a median of 12 of their favored senatorial bets.
In the various geographic areas and socio-economic classes, mean figures varied from eight in Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon to 11 in the Visayas, Mindanao, and Class E.
Meanwhile, median figures ranged from eight in the rest of Luzon to 12 in the Visayas, Mindanao, and Class E.