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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1784709131079thumbnail-F7m3y2hyWVI-1280x720 (2).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto and Sen. Robinhood Padilla. <em>📷༘ Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News &amp; Bibo Nueva España, Senate PRIB handout</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Sen. Robinhood Padilla and Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto topped the list of senatorial survey conducted by Pulse Asia a week before the July 6 start of Vice President Sara Duterte&#x27;s impeachment trial in the Senate.</p><p>The survey, released Wednesday, showed that Padilla landed on 1st to 2nd places and followed closely by Sotto on 1st to 3rd places.</p><p>Senators Raffy Tulfo (2nd to 5th places), Alan Peter Cayetano (3rd to 5th places), and Loren Legarda (3rd to 5th places) as well as former Sen. Manny Pacquiao (6th to 7th places), and Makati City Mayor Nancy Binay (6th to 7th places) secured spots in the top half of the list of possible winners in the survey, Pulse Asia said.</p><p>Other personalities who ended up in the &quot;winners&#x27; circle&quot; in the early senatorial poll are the following:</p><div><br/></div><ul style="list-style-type:circle"><li>Education Secretary Juan Edgardo Angara (8th to 9th places)</li><li>Sen. Mark Villar (8th to 9th places)</li><li>Media personality Ben Tulfo (10th to 12th places)</li><li>Sen. Jinggoy Estrada (10th to 17th places)</li><li>TV host Willie Revillame (10th to 17th places)</li><li>Sen. Francis Escudero (11th to 19th places)</li><li>Former Anakalusugan party-list Rep. Michael Defensor (11th to 20th places)</li><li>Former Sen. Manuel Roxas II (11th to 20th places), </li><li>Cabinet Secretary Benhur Abalos (11th to 20th places)</li><li>TIEZA Chief Operating Officer Mark T. Lapid (11th to 21st places)</li></ul><div><br/></div><p>&quot;Out of 53 possible senatorial candidates in the coming elections, 17 have a statistical chance of winning if the May 2028 polls were conducted during the survey period,&quot; the pollster said.</p><p>The survey, conducted from June 28 to July 3, 6, 2026, using face-to-face interviews, polled 2,400 adults. </p><p>It has a ± 2% error margin at the 95 percent confidence level.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>&#x27;HIGH&#x27; LEVEL OF INTEREST</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>Pulse Asia said that the level of public interest in the May 2028 national and local elections, which is nearly two years away, was high at 89 percent.</p><p>The poll suggested that despite a high interest in the upcoming elections, only around a fifth, or 19 percent, of those surveyed had a complete slate of 12 for the senatorial election.</p><p>The filing of certificates of candidacy for the 2028 national elections will be next year.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/7/22/subpoenas-for-duterte-financial-records-out-1142">Subpoenas for Duterte financial records out</a></div><p>Experts say that surveys only provide &quot;snapshots&quot; of the public sentiment for a particular time frame and do not determine the outcome of the election.</p><div><br/></div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1784706326419Screenshot 2026-07-22 at 3.44.38 PM.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/></div><div><br/></div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1784706334797Screenshot 2026-07-22 at 3.45.12 PM.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>WATCH:</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V-ELTBw9uOM?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Sen. Robinhood Padilla and Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto topped the list of senatorial survey conducted by Pulse Asia a week before the start of Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial in the Senate.</p>

Sen. Robinhood Padilla and Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto topped the list of senatorial survey conducted by Pulse Asia a week before the start of Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial in the Senate.

Robin Padilla, Vico Sotto top Pulse Asia's July 2026 senatorial survey

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Robin Padilla, Vico Sotto top Pulse Asia's July 2026 senatorial survey

Rowegie Abanto,

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Published July 22, 2026 04:37 PM PHT

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Updated July 22, 2026 05:04 PM PHT

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