Genuine Opposition Leads Survey

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PULSE ASIA Latest Survey

SENATE RACE STANDINGS: GO 5, IND. 1, TU 3;
3 GOs, 1 IND., 2 TUs CONTEND FOR LAST THREE SLOTS
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The PDI-SWS Election Survey of April 14-17 has five Genuine Opposition (GO), one Independent, and three Team Unity (TU) candidates in statistical position to take the top nine seats in the May Senatorial election. It has three GO, one Independent, and two TU candidates in statistical contention for the last three seats.

9 safe as of mid-April
The first four candidates are all from GO: 1. Loren Legarda, 58%; 2. Manuel "Manny" Villar, 45%; 3-4. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and Francis "Chiz" Escudero, both 41%. Legarda and Villar were also 1st and 2nd in the PDI-SWS Election Survey of March 15-18, 2007, while Lacson and Escudero moved up from 4th and 5th respectively.
Now in 5th is Independent candidate Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan (39%), who was formerly in 3rd place.

Next is a batch of three TU candidates: 6. Ralph Recto (36%), 7. Edgardo Angara (35%), and 8. Joker Arroyo (32%), who improved respectively from 7th, 8th, and 10th a month ago.

Ninth is GO candidate Alan Peter Cayetano (31%), down from 6th place in March -- this counts for him all votes written simply 'Cayetano' without a first name, or assumes that Joselito Cayetano will be disqualified as a nuisance candidate.
Those in the top nine all have winning positions, as of mid-April, since they are statistically above 13th place.

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