MANILA – United Nationalist Alliance senatorial candidate Nancy Binay and Team PNoy candidate Cynthia Villar are now tied at 3rd-4th places a month before the May 13 senatorial election, according to the latest Social Weather Stations survey.
The survey conducted last April 13-15, 2013 showed Binay and Villar sharing identical 49% support from voters if elections were held today.The survey was first published in BusinessWorld.
Team PNoy candidate Francis “Chiz” Escudero slipped to 5th place with 47% support, which is one percentage point lower than his 48% rating in the March survey. Escudero, who was derided by the parents of his girlfriend, Heart Evangelista, was previously ranked 2nd in the senatorial race with 62% support in February.
A total of 9 Team PNoy candidates entered the Senate “Magic 12” a month before the elections, according to SWS.
The 9 Team PNoy candidates are re-electionist Senators Loren Legarda (1) and Alan Peter Cayetano (2), former congresswoman Cynthia Villar (3-4), Escudero (5), Bam Aquino (6), Koko Pimentel (7-8), Sonny Angara (9), Grace Poe (10-11) and Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV (10-11).
Two UNA candidates, Binay (3-4) and JV Ejercito (7-8), are in the Top 10 senatorial candidates for the election. Meanwhile, two UNA candidates, Jack Enrile and Gregorio Honasan, are tied at 12th-13th.
Honasan was previously ranked 9th in the last SWS survey.
SWS said 45% of respondents already chose 12 candidates for the May senatorial poll. Only 12 candidates will be elected to the Senate next month.
A total of 1,800 registered voters nationwide participated in the survey. The survey has sampling error margins of ±2% for national percentages, ±6% for Metro Manila, North/Central Luzon, and South Luzon, ±5% for Visayas, and ±4% for Mindanao.
Below are the top 15 candidates in the April 13-15 SWS survey:
