54.5% of Citizens Say "Relocating the Administrative Capital Has No Effect on Stabilizing Seoul Metropolitan Area Housing Prices"

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] More than half of the public do not agree with the claim that relocating the administrative capital to Sejong City can stabilize housing prices in the Seoul metropolitan area.

According to Realmeter's survey commissioned by YTN's "The News" on the 24th regarding the "effect of relocating the administrative capital to Sejong City on stabilizing housing prices in the Seoul metropolitan area," 54.5% of respondents answered "do not agree," the agency announced on the 27th. In contrast, only 40.6% responded "agree." Those who answered "not sure" accounted for 4.9%.

By region, among respondents from the Seoul metropolitan area, which accounts for half (50.2%) of the total respondents, 62.8% answered "do not agree," which was higher than the overall rate. This trend was especially pronounced among respondents living in Seoul, where 69.3% answered "do not agree." Respondents from the Gyeonggi·Incheon area showed a "do not agree" rate of 58.7%, not significantly different from the overall result.

Among respondents from the Daejeon·Chungcheong·Sejong area, including Sejong City, the target site for the administrative capital relocation, 51.0% answered "agree," which was slightly higher than the 45.8% who answered "do not agree," within the margin of error.

In the Busan·Ulsan·Gyeongnam and Daegu·Gyeongbuk regions, the proportions of "agree" and "disagree" were similar, while in the Gwangju·Jeolla region, the "agree" response rate was relatively higher within the margin of error.

By political party support, 66.8% of supporters of the ruling Democratic Party responded "agree." In contrast, 77.6% of supporters of the United Future Party answered "do not agree." Among the non-affiliated group, 69.0% also answered "do not agree."

By ideological inclination, a majority (53.1%) of progressives agreed, while conservatives and moderates showed majority disagreement at 64.7% and 57.4%, respectively.

This survey contacted 8,619 adults aged 18 and over nationwide, with a final 500 respondents completing the survey, resulting in a response rate of 5.8%. The sampling error is ±4.4 percentage points at a 95% confidence level.

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