Former Public Works Secretary Mark Villar topped the pre-election senatorial survey by RP-Mission and Development Foundation (RPMD), with a 55.7 percent voter preference.
The poll was conducted from November 16-24 using face-to-face interviews with 10,000 respondents nationwide.
“I am very grateful for the results of the RPMD survey. Malaking bagay po sa atin ang suporta at tiwala ng mga Pilipino.” Villar said
Villar was followed by Antique Rep. Loren Legarda (53.5 percent) and broadcaster Raffy Tulfo (52.9 percent), who were statistically tied as the survey has a sampling error margin of +/-1% for national percentages.
President Rodrigo Duterte, who has since withdrawn his certificate of candidacy, had 52.4 percent, followed by Sorsogon Governor Francis Escudero (51.6 percent), Taguig Rep. Alan Cayetano (47.2 percent), Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian (42.6 percent), Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri (38.8 percent), Sen. Richard Gordon (36.3 percent), Sen. Joel Villanueva (35.1 percent), Sen. Risa Hontiveros (32.5 percent), and former Senator Jinggoy Estrada (30.3 percent).
Villar also came up on top of RPMD’s preferred senatorial candidate survey last month, which was conducted from October 17 to 27.
“Salamat po sa mga naniniwala sa atin. Asahan niyo na itutuloy natin ang Build, Build, Build program at ang pagbibigay trabaho sa bawat Pilipino,” said Villar who was endorsed by Davao City Mayor and vice presidential aspirant Sara Duterte-Carpio as part of her senatorial slate for the 2022 elections.