[AKY News Poll] 'Presidential Blue Chips' Choi Jae-hyung and Kim Dong-yeon Perform Well... Chu Mi-ae Supported by Ruling Party

Opposition Candidate Won Hee-ryong Leads with Yoo Seung-min in Close Pursuit

Choi Jae-hyung, Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Junyi Park] Choi Jae-hyung, the head of the Board of Audit and Inspection who has emerged as a "blue chip" presidential candidate, and Kim Dong-yeon, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance, performed reasonably well in the next presidential suitability survey. Chu Mi-ae, former Minister of Justice and a candidate from the progressive camp and ruling party, also appeared as a major candidate among ruling party supporters.

On the 1st, Asia Economy conducted a survey on presidential candidate support rates among 1,045 voters aged 18 and over nationwide from the 29th to 30th of last month. Choi Jae-hyung, who appeared for the first time in this survey, received 2.8% support, while former Deputy Prime Minister Kim Dong-yeon received 1.7%. Considering that Won Hee-ryong, the existing opposition candidate and Governor of Jeju Province, received 1.3%, these support rates are not low. Choi’s support level is similar to former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min’s 2.9% and higher than Justice Party lawmaker Shim Sang-jung’s 1.2%.

The ranking of support among minor candidates varied depending on the political party supporters. Supporters of the Democratic Party of Korea (4.2%), Open Democratic Party (5.4%), and other parties (6.3%) mostly supported former Minister Chu Mi-ae, while supporters of the People Power Party (5.5%) mostly supported Board of Audit and Inspection head Choi. Additionally, supporters of the People’s Party (1.8%) preferred former Deputy Prime Minister Kim, and Justice Party supporters (14.9%) favored lawmaker Shim.

This survey was commissioned by Asia Economy to Win-Gi Korea Consulting and conducted nationwide among voters aged 18 and over on the 29th and 30th. A total of 1,045 people responded, with an overall response rate of 10.4%. The survey method was 100% mobile phone virtual number 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, refer to the Win-Gi Korea Consulting website or the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission website.

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