MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte received the support of half of Filipino adults in a hypothetical 2028 presidential race, leading Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo and Sen. Raffy Tulfo, according to a Pulse Asia survey conducted in September.
Conducted from Sept. 17 to 24, the survey asked 2,400 respondents whom they would vote for if the presidential election were held during the survey period.
Duterte garnered 50 percent, followed by Robredo and Tulfor with 26 and 12 percent, respectively. Sen. Risa Hontiveros received 3 percent.
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Other possible candidates were Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon, both of whom garnered 1 percent, followed by Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong, who received 0.3 percent.
Meanwhile, 3 percent of respondents were undecided about their presidential choice, another 3 percent said they were not inclined to support any of the possible candidates, and 1percent refused to identify their preferred candidate.
Support for Duterte was strongest in her bailiwick in Mindanao, where she got 92 percent. She also received support from substantial proportions of respondents in the Visayas (56 percent) and Metro Manila (40 percent), as well as across socioeconomic classes (44 to 68 percent).
In the rest of Luzon, Robredo and Duterte were the preferred candidates of 36% and 28 percent of respondents, respectively.
For vice president, Sen. Christopher Go received 31 percent, followed by Sens. Robin Padilla with 19 percent and Bam Aquino with 17 percent.
In the senatorial race, former Sen. Grace Poe led with 50.2 percent, followed by Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano with 46.5 percent.
Sharing second to fourth places were Padilla, with 45.9 percent, and Tulfo, with 44.4 percent.
The top seven also included Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte (37.2 percent), former Sen. Manny Pacquiao (36.5 percent) and Sen. Loren Legarda (33.0 percent).
The survey also found out that most Filipino adults (89 percent) are interested in the coming electoral exercise.
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