[AKY News Poll] Lee vs Yoon Head-to-Head... Neck and Neck Within Margin of Error

Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung is attending the inaugural general meeting of the "National Assembly Forum for Growth and Fairness in Korea" held at the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 20th of last month. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] In a hypothetical head-to-head contest between former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol and Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung, former Prosecutor General Yoon slightly leads Governor Lee within the margin of error.

According to a poll on next presidential candidate support conducted by Asia Economy through Win-G Korea Consulting from the 29th to 30th of last month targeting voters nationwide aged 18 and older, former Prosecutor General Yoon's support rate was 45.1%, which is 3.6 percentage points higher than Governor Lee's 41.4%.

On April 2, the first day of early voting for the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election, former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, accompanied by his father Yoon Ki-jung, Honorary Professor at Yonsei University, finished voting at the early voting station set up at the Namgajwa 1-dong Community Center in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, and then moved on. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

By age group, former Prosecutor General Yoon was favored among those in their 20s and those aged 60 and above, while Governor Lee was favored among those in their 30s and 40s.

By region, former Prosecutor General Yoon led in Seoul and the Yeongnam area. Governor Lee was favored in the Chungcheong region, Honam region, and Gangwon and Jeju areas.

The overall response rate for this survey was 10.4% (1,045 respondents). The survey method was 100% mobile phone virtual number via wireless ARS, and the sample was extracted with weighted values by gender, age, and region based on the resident registration population as of the end of January 2021 from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (cell weighting). The sampling error is ±3.0 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For detailed survey information, please refer to the Win-G Korea Consulting website or the Central Election Poll Deliberation Commission website.

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