Former Senator Manny Pacquiao ranked first in a recently commissioned survey taken by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) on the preferred lawmakers of Filipino voters.
The commissioned survey, conducted from April 15-18, 2023, had Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. placing second, while former Senate President Vicente Sotto III ranked third.
In fourth was Senator Bong Go and fifth was business tycoon and former Senate President Manny Villar.
Senator Lito Lapid, Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, and Senator Imee Marcos were from 6th to 8th spots.
Former President Rodrigo Duterte, meanwhile, was among the so-called “magic 12” senatorial bets along with former Social Welfare Secretary Erwin Tulfo, former Senator Panfilo Lacson, and incumbent Senator Pia Cayetano.
Former Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno, former Vice President Leni Robredo, former Vice President Jejomar Binay, Atty. Chel Diokno, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, former Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto, and Senator Francis Tolentino were among those ranked 13th to 31st in the survey.
The April national poll was commissioned by former party-list congressman Arnel Ty and was taken using face-to-face computer-assisted personal interviews of 1,200 adults.
It has a ±3% sampling error margin for national percentages, and ±6% each for Metro Manila, Balance of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao, according to SWS.