Next Presidential Candidate Preference: Yoon Seok-yeol 40.5% 1st Place ... Lee Jae-myung 18.8%, Lee Nak-yeon 11.9%, Kim Du-kwan 0.6%

Yoon Seok-yeol 57.9% vs Lee Nak-yeon 32.7%
Yoon Seok-yeol 57.4% vs Lee Jae-myung 32%
Yoon Seok-yeol 61.2% vs Kim Du-kwan 20.1%

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] In a suitability survey for candidates in the 20th presidential election to be held on March 9 next year, former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol was found to be ahead of the ruling party's presidential candidates.

Assemblyman Kim Du-kwan was surveyed at 0.6% in the presidential candidate suitability poll, but in a one-on-one contest with former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, he showed 20.1%.

According to a survey conducted by PNR Research on 801 people aged 18 and over on the 27th commissioned by Money Today, former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol was found to have the highest suitability for presidential candidates at 40.5%.

Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung followed with 18.8%, Standing Election Committee Chairman Lee Nak-yeon 11.9%, People's Party Representative Ahn Cheol-soo 5.9%, Assemblyman Hong Joon-pyo 5.0%, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun 2.8%, former Assemblyman Yoo Seung-min 2.4%, Assemblywoman Shim Sang-jung 1.6%, Jeju Province Governor Won Hee-ryong 1.1%, and Assemblyman Kim Du-kwan 0.6% in order.

In a one-on-one contest between former Prosecutor General Yoon and Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung, Yoon led with 57.4% compared to Lee's 32%, a margin of 25.4 percentage points outside the margin of error.

In a one-on-one contest between former Prosecutor General Yoon and former Democratic Party Representative Lee Nak-yeon, Yoon also led with 57.9% compared to Lee's 32.7%, a margin of 25.2 percentage points outside the margin of error.

In a one-on-one contest between former Prosecutor General Yoon and Assemblyman Kim Du-kwan, Yoon led with 61.2% compared to Kim's 20.1%, a margin of 41.1 percentage points outside the margin of error. Other candidates accounted for 9.9%, none 6.6%, and don't know/no response 2.3%.

In the evaluation of President Moon Jae-in's administration, negative evaluations were higher at 66.3%, with 51.2% saying very poor and 15.1% saying poor, compared to positive evaluations at 30.2%, with 13.7% saying very good and 16.5% saying good.

Party support was 35.2% for the People Power Party, 26.9% for the Democratic Party, 9.5% for the People's Party, 4.4% for the Justice Party, and 3.3% for the Open Democratic Party, in that order.

Meanwhile, in the multi-candidate race for the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election, People Power Party candidate Oh Se-hoon was found to have the highest support at 57.2%.

Democratic Party candidate Park Young-sun followed with 30.9%, Basic Income Party candidate Shin Ji-hye 3.6%, National Revolutionary Party candidate Heo Kyung-young 2.1%, Women's Party candidate Kim Jin-ah 1.1%, independent candidate Shin Ji-ye 1.1%, Minsheng Party candidate Lee Soo-bong 0.4%, Progressive Party candidate Song Myung-sook 0.4%, and Future Party candidate Oh Tae-yang 0.3% in order.

The margin of error for this survey is ±3.5 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For more details, refer to the PNR Research website or the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission.

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