Vice President Jejomar Binay. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines鈥揑f the presidential elections were held last June, Vice President听Jejomar听Binay听would have won by a landslide, the Pulse Asia said.
Pulse Asia鈥檚 latest poll, conducted June 24 to July 2, said 41 percent nationwide favored听Binay听among other personalities being floated for the position.
Senator Grace Poe was at far second with 12 percent while her godfather, former President and now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada, was close behind with nine percent.
Meanwhile, Senator Francis 鈥淐hiz鈥澨鼸scudero, who got the fourth-highest votes among senators in 2013, trailed behind with seven percent.
He was tied with Interior Secretary Manuel 鈥淢ar鈥澨齊oxas听and Senator Miriam听Defensor-Santiago.
At 7th and 8th places were Senators Ferdinand 鈥淏ongbong鈥� Marcos Jr. and Alan Peter听Cayetano听with five percent each.
With two percent of the votes was Senator Ramon 鈥淏ong鈥� Revilla Jr.
On the other hand, receiving one percent each were Senate President Franklin 鈥淔rank鈥澨鼶rilon听and Richard 鈥淒ick鈥� Gordon.
For the vice presidential race, in which听Binay听was not included, Poe led with 26 percent, followed by听Escudero听with 22 percent.
At third to 10th places were听Cayetano听(14 percent), Marcos (eight percent), Senator Antonio听Trillanes听IV (six percent), Senator Jose 鈥淛inggoy鈥� Estrada (five percent),听Drilon听(five percent),听Batangas听Governor听Vilma听Santos-Recto (four percent), Revilla (four percent), and听Camarines听Sur Representative听Leni听Robredo听(one percent).
The survey was conducted among 1,200 respondents and has a 卤 three percent margin of error.
Among the prevailing issues at the time of the poll were the filing of plunder charges against lawmakers involved in the pork barrel scam and the Supreme Court declaring parts of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) unconstitutional.
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