Sen. Francis ‘TOL’ Tolentino
Survey: TOL, 8 more Alyansa bets in ‘Magic 12’
REELECTIONIST Senator Francis “TOL” Tolentino and eight more candidates from the pro-administration’s Alyansa ng Bagong Pilipinas showed their political grit by maintaining their standings in the Magic 12. making it to the Magic 12.
Joining them is one independent at the latest non-commissioned Pulso ng Pilipino tracking poll conducted on March 22 to 29, 2025 which effectively captured the events of recent weeks highlighted by the arrest and surrender of former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
The survey polled some 1,800 respondents composed of registered voters nationwide with ages ranging from 18 years old to 65 years old and above and covered all social classes using the traditional MSAP or Multi Stage Area Probability Sampling method which is the norm that is commonly used by survey firms.
The Pulso ng Pilipino survey is conducted by The CENTER and has been in existence since 1992 as an internal poll research organization during the administration of the late President Fidel V. Ramos.
Former Senate President Vicente ‘Tito Sen’ Sotto III who polled 56.3%.
In sole third place with 51% is erstwhile leader Erwin Tulfo who shared top honors in the February survey.
In 4th position is Sen. Pilar Juliana ‘Pia’ Cayetano with 47%.
In 5th place is Sen. Manuelito ‘LITO’ Lapid with 46%, down by 2.1% from the February survey. Sharing the 6th to 7th spots are former Sen. Panfilo ‘PING’ Lacson with 43.3% and Sen. Bong Revilla with 42.5%.
Sharing the 8th to 9th spots are Makati Mayor Abigail ‘ABBY’ Binay with 38.7% and reelectionist Sen. Francis ‘TOL’ Tolentino with 37.5% up by 4.1% from the last PnP survey.
Tolentino,gained traction in his campaign from his patronage of the 1st ROTC Games which gathered thousands of college students towards a regional competition aimed at the development of the academic, disciplinary and sports potential of today’s Filipino youths.
Sharing the 10th to 12th places are independent candidate Ben Tulfo with 34.7%, and former Sen. Manny Paquiao with 31.5%.
Based on the pre-poll PnP survey conducted on March 22-29, 2025, there are nine pro-administration candidates who made it to the Magic 12.
They are: Sotto (NPC), Tulfo (Lakas-CMD), Lapid (NPC), Lacson (IND), Revilla (Lakas), Cayetano (NP), Binay (NPC), Pacquiao (PFP) at TOL Tolentino (PFP).
