DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Bongbong Marcos sustained their leads in the latest weekly survey commissioned by the ABS-CBN network and by Pulse Asia Research from April 19-24.
Duterte remained the top choice of registered voters in the survey with 33 percent, down from 34 percent in the last ABS-CBN survey and 35 percent from the last Pulso ng Bayan survey, also conducted by Pulse Asia.
Rivals Sen. Grace Poe came in second in the nationwide survey of 4,000 respondents with 22 percent, followed by Liberal Party standard bearer Manuel Roxas II who rose at third spot with 20 percent.
Vice President Jejomar Binay, meanwhile, slipped to fourth place with 18 percent while Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago trailed fifth at 2 percent.
While he remained the leading presidential candidate, Duterte also suffered 10-point drop in support from members of the Class ABC with supporters dropping to 37 percent from 47 percent in a prior survey conducted from April 12 -17 to 37 percent in the present survey.
His numbers also suffered a three-point drop in Class E from a 34 to 31 percent over a one-week period.
Duterte’s numbers saw a nine-point drop in Metro Manila from a 43 percent the week earlier to 34 percent.
The number of undecided voters, meanwhile, remained at 5 percent.
In the vice presidential race meanwhile, Sen. Ferdinand Marcos maintained his lead at 31 percent followed by administration vice presidential bet Camarines Sur Rep. Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robredo at 26 percent.
Marcos and Robredo both made a significant upward trend in a span of one week, taking away numbers against their rivals, gaining two and three points, respectively.
Poe running mate Sen. Francis Escudero came in third at 18 percent while Duterte’s running mate, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano ran fourth at 15 percent.
Trailing behind are Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV at 3 percent while Sen. Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan lagged at sixth with 2 percent.
In the senatorial race, those with a statistical chance of getting into the so-called Magic 12 are Sen. Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, Senate President Franklin Drilon, former Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, former Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao, former Sen. Juan Miguel “Migs” Zubiri, former Akbayan Rep. Risa Hontiveros, former Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, Sen. Sergio Osmeña III, former TESDA director-general Joel Villanueva, Philippine Red Cross Chairman Richard Gordon, Sen. Ralph Recto and Valenzuela Rep. Sherwin Gatchalian.
