Grace, Pia top Senate bets; Sara ranks 4th

Four women topped the latest senatorial survey conducted by Pulse Asia, with Sen. Grace Poe leading the probable winners for the 2019 midterm elections.

Pulse Asia said 13 of 58 individuals included in the poll had a statistical chance of winning, based on the survey taken from June 15 to 21.

Poe took the solo lead, garnering 67.4 percent of votes of 1,800 registered voters nationwide.

Taguig City Rep. Pia Cayetano came in second with a voter preference of 55.7 percent. Sen. Cynthia Villar garnered 50.1 percent voter preference that translates to a statistical ranking of 3rd to 4th.

She was followed by presidential daughter and Davao

City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio with 46.2 percent level of support, obtaining a statistical ranking of 3rd to 5th.

Sen. Sonny Angara was ranked 4th to 8th with 41.9 percent voter preference.

Other probable winners were former senator Jinggoy Estrada (37.9 percent), Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Ronald dela Rosa (37.7 percent) and Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III (37.7 percent), all of whom were ranked 5th to 12th.

Sen. Nancy Binay obtained 37.1 percent with a statistical ranking of 6th to 12th places.

Binay was followed by former senator Sergio Osmeña (36.6 percent), former senator Lito Lapid (36.2 percent) and Sen. JV Ejercito (35.6 percent), who all have a statistical ranking of 6th to 13th places.

Sen. Paolo Benigno Aquino IV garnered 32.1 percent of votes, obtaining a ranking of 10th to 16th places.

Meanwhile, with about 11 months to go before the midterm elections, a small majority of Filipinos or 55 percent already have a complete slate for the senatorial race, Pulse Asia said.

Majority figures were recorded in virtually all geographic areas and socio-economic groupings (55 to 63 percent and 54 to 59 percent, respectively), with the rest of Luzon being the only exception at 47 percent, the pollster said.

The non-commissioned survey has sampling error margin of plus or minus two percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.

The filing of certificates of candidacy for the May 2019 midterm elections starts on the first week of October.

Poe said she was grateful for the trust of Filipinos.

“The survey is about trust and approval for public service that ought to be felt, especially by the poor. It is also the people’s affirmation for the work of the women in politics,” Poe said. –