Tulfo brothers Erwin, Ben top Pulse Asia poll for Eleksyon 2025 Senate bets

Brothers Erwin and Ben Tulfo, both seasoned broadcasters, topped the latest non-commissioned Pulse Asia poll on possible winners of the 2025 Senate race.

The Pulse Asia survey, conducted from September 6 to 13, showed at least 60.8% of voters will vote for ACT CIS party-list lawmaker Erwin Tulfo for senator, a score way above his second place brother Ben with 49.6%.

Former Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III ranked third with 48%, followed by incumbent senators Pia Cayetano and Bong Go who scored 41.3% and 40.3%, respectively.

Rounding up the Top 12 were:

• former President Rodrigo Duterte (38%)
• Makati Mayor Abby Binay (37.5%)
• Senator Bong Revilla, Jr. (35.9%)
• former Senator Panfilo Lacson (35.5%)
• former Senator Manny Pacquiao (31.9%)
• Senator Imee Marcos (29.8%) and
• Senator Ronald dela Rosa (26.2%)

 
Just outside looking in the winners’ circle were Senator Lito Lapid (24.7%), former senator Gringo Honasan (21.5%), House Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas lawmaker Camille Villar (21.2%) and former Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan (20.5%).

Of the 16, ten are candidates of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s Alyansa ng Bagong Pilipinas slate.

On the other hand, only Pangilinan is the opposition bet among the 16.

Pulse Asia conducted the survey using face-to-face interviews among 2,400 representative adults aged 18 years and above.

Error margin is at ± 2% at the 95% confidence level. "Subnational estimates for each of the geographic areas covered in the survey (i.e., Metro Manila, the rest of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao) have a ± 4% error margin, also at 95% confidence level," Pulse Asia said.

"Pulse Asia Research’s pool of academic fellows takes full responsibility for the design and conduct of the survey and for analyses it makes based on the survey data. In keeping with our academic nature, no religious, political, economic, or partisan group influenced any of these processes. Pulse Asia Research undertakes Ulat ng Bayan surveys independently without any party singularly commissioning the research effort," it added. —KG, GMA Integrated News