Former, incumbent senators dominate 2022 senatorial survey

Fifteen individuals, most of them former and incumbent members of Congress, have a "statistical chance of winning," if the elections were held today, based on the Pulse Asia survey results released on Wednesday, Sept. 29.
Pulse Asia's non-commissioned Ulat ng Bayan survey was conducted from Sept. 6 to 11 with 2,400 adult respondents nationwide.
The survey found that 60 percent of Filipinos already have a complete senatorial slate for the May 2022 national and local elections.
"Fifteen out of the 53 individuals included in the senatorial electoral probe have a statistical chance of winning, with Mr. Raffy Tulfo (55.2 percent) and Taguig City-Pateros Representative Alan Peter Cayetano (53.6%) sharing the top spot," Pulse Asia said in a statement.
Sorsogon Gov. Francis Escudero (47.9 percent) and Antique Rep. Loren Legarda (47.2 percent) occupied 3rd to 4th places.
Meanwhile, Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso (42.3 percent) and Senator Manny Pacquiao (42.2 percent) were in 5th to 8th places.
Completing the first half of probable senatorial winners were Senator Panfilo Lacson (40.5 percent) and former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (40.2 percent) who have a statistical ranking of 5th to 9th places.
Pulse Asia said the second half is composed of TV personality Willie Revillame (36.6 percent, 7th to 10th places), Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar (36.2 percent, 9th to 10th places), former Vice President Jejomar Binay (29.5 percent, 11th to 15th places), former Senator Jinggoy Estrada (29.4 percent, 11th to 15th places), former Senator Paolo Benigno Aquino IV (28.3 percent, 11th to 18th places), Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri (28.3 percent, 11th to 18th places), and Senator Francis Pangilinan (26.8 percent, 11th to 19th places).
Meanwhile, the rest of Filipino adults were not inclined to vote for any senatorial candidate (2.1 percent), were still ambivalent about whom to vote for as senator in May 2022 (1.0 percent), or refused to identify their preferred candidates for the Senate (0.7 percent).