Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio topped the latest presidential survey of Pulse Asia with 20% of votes from the adult population despite announcing that she will not run for presidency in the upcoming elections.

Despite a significant drop in votes from the last survey, she still remained as the top choice for presidency, followed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos with 15% of votes and Mayor Isko Moreno with 13% of votes.

For Vice President, Senate President Tito Sotto was  the top pick with 25% of votes, followed by President Rodrigo Duterte with 14% despite criticisms that Duterte’s bid for Vice presidency violates the Constitution. The third spot in the ranking for top choices for Vice President went to Mayor Isko Moreno with 12% of votes.

Meanwhile, broadcaster Raffy Tulfo led the choice for Senator  with a very high 55.2% of votes. Tulfo was followed by Taguig City-Pateros Representative Alan Peter Cayetano with 53.6%. 

Pulse Asia Research Inc. released the results for the September 2021 Ulat ng Bayan nationwide survey on Wednesday, September 19, 2021 based on their conducted face-to-face interviews from September 6 to 11, 2021. This nationwide survey is based on a sample of 2,400 representative adults 18 years old and above. 

Photo Credit: City Government of Davao Official Website