Ahn Cheol-soo's New Party, 3% in First Poll... Will It Be a 'Tempest in a Teapot'?

People's Party 13% → Bareunmirae Party 8% → Ahn Cheol-soo New Party 3%

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Ahn Cheol-soo's new party (tentative name) recorded 3% in the first public opinion poll conducted by Korea Gallup. This is a disappointing result compared to the approval ratings of the parties Ahn Cheol-soo previously founded. In political circles, there is an analysis that this reflects fatigue over Ahn's fourth attempt at founding a new party.

On the 7th, Korea Gallup announced that in a survey conducted from the 4th to the 6th targeting 1,000 people aged 18 and over (with a 95% confidence level and a sampling error of ±3.1 percentage points), Ahn Cheol-soo's new party recorded a support rate of 3%. The Democratic Party of Korea recorded 36%, the Liberty Korea Party 20%, and the Justice Party 5%. The Bareunmirae Party and the New Conservative Party each recorded 2%. For detailed information, refer to the Central Election Poll Deliberation Commission website.

According to Korea Gallup, the approval ratings in the first public opinion polls for the parties Ahn previously founded were 18% for the New Politics Alliance, 31% for the New Politics Democratic Union, 13% for the People's Party, and 8% for the Bareunmirae Party. In fact, since the founding of the People's Party, Ahn's support rate has dropped by about 5 percentage points each time he founded a new party.

Earlier, on the 10th of last month, Park Ji-won, a member of the Alternative New Party, evaluated Ahn Cheol-soo, who declared his return to politics on BBS Radio, by saying, "There are still people who remember the Ahn Cheol-soo phenomenon, so he has considerable influence, but it will be a 'tempest in a teacup.'"

Meanwhile, Ahn Cheol-soo's new party will hold its founding promoters' meeting on the 9th at the Hi Seoul Youth Hostel auditorium in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul.

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