Opposition Senate leader Michael Dunkley is the public’s choice to lead the One Bermuda Alliance and the most popular out of 16 politicians polled in a new survey.Twenty-two percent of voters said Senator Dunkley would be the best OBA leader, with another former United Bermuda Party leader, Grant Gibbons, second on 14 percent.Meanwhile, 44 percent of people named Sen Dunkley when asked to choose the best five politicians from a cross-party list compiled by pollsters Mindmaps. Premier Paula Cox, who won convincingly the last time that question was put to voters in January, dropped to second place, with 39 percent.John Barritt is currently OBA leader but he’s made a commitment to allow a new leader to take over following a party election process.Sen Dunkley and former Bermuda Democratic Alliance leader Craig Cannonier are both front-runners for the position, with Sen Dunkley backed by many former UBP members and Senator Cannonier by former BDA members.According to Mindmaps’ survey, Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards and Sen Cannonier were joint third favourites for the OBA leadership, on seven percent each. UBP leader Kim Swan, who has so far refused to join the OBA, came joint fifth with Shawn Crockwell, on five percent. Veteran Opposition MP Trevor Moniz came next on two percent; Mr Barritt and Senator Kathy Michelmore scored no votes.Asked who should be deputy leader, Sen Dunkley again came first with 17 percent, followed by Dr Gibbons and Sen Cannonier in second and third place, and then Mr Swan, Mr Richards, Mr Crockwell and Mr Moniz in that order. Mr Barritt and Sen Michelmore picked up a handful of votes for this question, while Louise Jackson, Donte Hunt and Patricia Gordon-Pamplin were named by one voter each, despite not appearing in the list of options.There was also one vote for Nick Kempe, which is thought to be a thumbs up for the vice president of Bermuda Forwarders.In the race for the top five cross-party politicians, Sen Dunkley and Ms Cox were followed by Dr Gibbons in third place, with Progressive Labour Party backbencher Dale Butler fourth and Sen Cannonier fifth.Each of the 16 politicians scored at least ten percent, with Mr Barritt sixth, followed in order by Mr Richards, Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess, PLP Senate leader Kim Wilson, Mr Crockwell, Mr Swan, OBA MP Mark Pettingill, Mrs Gordon-Pamplin, Mr Moniz, Sen Michelmore and OBA MP Donte Hunt,Among blacks, Ms Cox came first with 51 percent, followed by Mr Butler on 39 percent. Sen Dunkley (37 percent) performed better among blacks than Mr Burgess (31 percent) and Senator Wilson (23 percent).Among whites, Sen Dunkley was top with 57 percent and Dr Gibbons next on 44 percent. Ms Cox was the leading PLP MP among whites, with 22 percent; Mr Butler, traditionally popular among whites, scored just 16 percent.The telephone poll of 418 registered voters took place from June 3 to June 12 and has a margin of error of 4.9 percent.Useful websites: www.plp.bm, www.oba.bm.