SWS survey shows Bong Go still leads 2025 senatorial race

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.