Senator Manny Villar topped the survey conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS) Philippines in a June 2009 poll on the leader who should succeed President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2010.

Former president Joseph “Erap” Estrada on the other hand, placed 2nd best leader to succeed PGMA in the said survey.

The complete results:

Manny Villar – 33 percent
former President Joseph Estrada – 25 percent
Sen. Francis Escudero – 20 percent
Mar Roxas – 20 percent
Vice President Noli de Castro – 19 percent
Loren Legarda – 15 percent
Panfilo Lacson – 7 percent
Jejomar Binay – 4 percent
Richard Gordon – 1 percent
Bayani Fernando – 1 percent
President Gloria Arroyo – 1 percent
Francis Pangilinan – 1 percent
Eddie Villanueva – 1 percent
Gilbert Teodoro – 1 percent
Antonio Trillanes 4th – 1 percent
Ed Panlilio – 1 percent
Miriam Defensor-Santiago – 1 percent