SWS survey shows Bong Go still leads 2025 senatorial race

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The Social Weather Stations (SWS) in its April survey shows reelectionist Senator Bong Go remained as the top senatorial bet for the 2025 midterm elections.

Based on a commissioned survey sponsored by Stratbase Consultancy, showed that Go led the list of 12 potential winners for senators in the May 12 elections with 45% of respondents intending to vote for him.

ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo landed in second spot with 43%, followed by incumbent Senator Lito Lapid with 34%.

Former Senate president Vicente ”Tito” Sotto III and reeleectionist Senator Pia Cayetano, meanwhile, tied in fourth to fifth place with 33% each.

Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, who is also seeking another term in the Senate, placed sixth with 32%. Senator Bong Revilla and broadcaster Ben Tulfo also shared the seventh to eighth place with 31% each.

Makati City Mayor Abby Binay was in ninth place with 29%, while Las Piñas Rep. Camille Villar ranked 10th with 28%.

Completing the list of possible winners were former senators Ping Lacson in the 11th place with 26%, and Manny Pacquiao in the 12th place with 25%.

Also in the statistical contention for the last spot were TV host Willie Revillame and Senator Imee Marcos, who both tied in 13th to 14th place with 24% each.

They were followed by former senators Bam Aquino and Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, who shared the 5th to 16th place with 21% each.

Next were actor Phillip Salvador and former Interior and Local Government secretary Benhur Abalos Jr., tied in 17th to 18th place with 18% each; and then former senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan II and Sagip party-list representative Rodante Marcoleta in the 19th to 20th place with 13%.

Senator Francis Tolentino also ranked 21st with 12%, followed by 1-Rider Party-list Rep. Bonifacio Bosita in 22nd place with 11%.

The survey was conducted on April 11-15, 2025, and used face-to-face interviews of 1,800 registered voters aged 18 and above, nationwide.

It has sampling error margins of ±2.31% for national percentages, ±3.27% for Balance Luzon, and ±5.66% each for Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao.

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