Yoon Seok-yeol Maintains No.1 Approval Rating Despite Mother-in-Law's Imprisonment... Lee Leads Beyond Margin of Error

Yoon 36.1% Lee 26.2%

Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] Despite the fact that former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol's mother-in-law was sentenced to prison in the first trial and legally detained on charges including violation of the Medical Service Act, he was found to be ahead of Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung beyond the margin of error.

According to a survey conducted by polling firm PNR Research on the 3rd, targeting 1,001 adults nationwide, when asked about suitability as the next president, former Prosecutor General Yoon recorded 36.1%, ranking first.

Governor Lee came in second with 26.2%, 9.9 percentage points lower than Yoon.

Following them were former Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon (13.7%), People Power Party lawmaker Hong Joon-pyo (4.6%), former Minister of Justice Chu Mi-ae (4.1%), former Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun (3.2%), former Board of Audit and Inspection Chairman Choi Jae-hyung (2.5%), former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min (2.5%), Democratic Party lawmaker Park Yong-jin (0.8%), and Justice Party lawmaker Shim Sang-jung (0.5%).

Responses selecting 'Other figures' accounted for 2.6%, 'None' 1.7%, and 'Don't know/No response' 1.5%.

Despite various adverse events such as the sentencing of his mother-in-law Choi on the 2nd, former Prosecutor General Yoon's approval rating trend appears not to have been significantly affected by these controversies.

On the contrary, there is an interpretation that Yoon is solidifying his position as an opposition presidential candidate as he expands his activities following his political declaration. In a hypothetical one-on-one contest against Governor Lee, Yoon received 49.8% support, leading Lee by 8.0 percentage points.

This survey was conducted via automated telephone response surveys on both mobile and landline phones, commissioned by Money Today's 'the300' and the Future Korea Research Institute. Respondents were selected with a ratio of 90% random extraction via mobile phone RDD and 10% via landline phone RDD. The final response rate was 3.4%, with a sampling error of ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. After the survey, weighting was applied by region, gender, and age based on the resident registration population from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety as of March this year (rim weighting). For detailed survey outlines and results, please refer to the Central Election Poll Deliberation Commission website.

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