Now we know who, more or less, will win. It’s close between 12 and 13, but I don’t think there will be a major upset. So, with these 12 coming in, who are the most popular of the 24 Senators for 2013-2016?
| Senator | Total | |||
| Miriam Defensor Santiago | 1 | 139,670 | 389,578 | 529,248 |
| Loren Legarda | 2 | 227,923 | 36,750 | 264,673 |
| Chiz Escudero | 3 | 131,320 | 123,539 | 254,859 |
| Juan Ponce Enrile | 4 | 173,975 | 20,949 | 194,924 |
| Pia Cayetano | 5 | 9,246 | 171,577 | 180,823 |
| Alan Cayetano | 6 | 168,806 | 1,512 | 170,318 |
| Sonny Angara | 7 | 126,202 | 41,880 | 168,082 |
| Bam Aquino | 8 | 144,181 | 15,677 | 159,858 |
| Bongbong Marcos | 9 | 66,208 | 72,396 | 138,604 |
| JV Estrada | 10 | 102,995 | 20,741 | 123,736 |
| Koko Pimentel | 11 | 106,689 | 8,971 | 115,660 |
| Sonny Trillanes | 12 | 81,040 | 11,082 | 92,122 |
| Grace Poe | 13 | 48,934 | 4,566 | 53,500 |
| Franklin Drilon | 14 | 42,439 | 222 | 42,661 |
| Cynthia Villar | 15 | 38,170 | 4,161 | 42,331 |
| Bong Revilla | 16 | 25,336 | 3,735 | 29,071 |
| TG Guingona | 17 | 6,165 | 13,952 | 20,117 |
| Jinggoy Estrada | 18 | 8,968 | 2,043 | 11,011 |
| Gringo Honasan | 19 | 2,164 | 8,167 | 10,331 |
| Tito Sotto | 20 | 6,925 | 6,925 | |
| Nancy Binay | 21 | 2,638 | 3,772 | 6,410 |
| Serge Osmena | 22 | 314 | 314 | |
| Lito Lapid | 23 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Recto | 24 | 0 |
Miriam is basking in popularity as always. It would be a loss when she leaves for the ICC. I think that the incumbent Senators didn’t get to use Social Media as much in 2010, and so their accounts are dormant or even discontinued. But watch, they will be up and running soon. 2016 is just around the corner.
Social media now is where people spend most of their time. That’s why being popular on this field, will gonna help those candidates to promote their self online.