Yoon Seok-yeol 32.0% · Lee Jae-myung 23.8% · Lee Nak-yeon 9.0% [Realmeter]

Yoon Ranks 1st Outside Margin of Error for 2 Consecutive Months

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] In the preference survey for the next presidential candidate, the two-way competition between former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol and Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung continues. Former Prosecutor General Yoon maintained first place outside the margin of error for two consecutive months with a support rate in the 30% range.

According to a survey conducted by the polling agency Realmeter on behalf of OhmyNews from the 26th to the 30th, targeting 2,578 men and women nationwide aged 18 and over, former Prosecutor General Yoon recorded 32.0%, down 2.4 percentage points from the previous month, maintaining the 30% range and continuing to hold first place, the agency announced on the 3rd.

Governor Lee, who ranked second, recorded 23.8%, up 2.4 percentage points. The gap between the two narrowed from 13.0 percentage points last month to 8.2 percentage points, which is outside the margin of error.

Former Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon recorded 9.0%, down 2.9 percentage points from the previous month, falling for two consecutive months and taking third place. Following him, Representative Hong Joon-pyo maintained fourth place with 5.0%, up 0.5 percentage points. Then came Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon (4.5%), People's Party leader Ahn Cheol-soo (4.1%), former Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun (4.0%), former Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae (2.2%), former Representative Yoo Seung-min (2.1%), and Jeju Province Governor Won Hee-ryong (1.3%).

The combined preference for the conservative and opposition candidates (Yoon Seok-yeol, Hong Joon-pyo, Oh Se-hoon, Ahn Cheol-soo, Yoo Seung-min, Won Hee-ryong, Geum Tae-seop) fell by 2.0 percentage points to 49.7%, while the combined preference for the progressive and ruling party candidates (Lee Jae-myung, Lee Nak-yeon, Chung Sye-kyun, Choo Mi-ae, Lee Kwang-jae, Sim Sang-jung, Park Yong-jin) rose by 0.1 percentage points to 41.4%. The gap between the two camps narrowed from 10.4 percentage points to 8.3 percentage points.

The sampling error of this survey is ±1.9 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For detailed survey outlines and results, please refer to the Realmeter or the Central Election Poll Deliberation Commission websites.

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